Organic-inorganic electronic devices based on hybrid perovskites

The organic-inorganic perovskites provide an ideal opportunity to combine useful properties in a hybrid composite that can be processed using simple solution or evaporation-based thin film techniques. Since these techniques are performed at ambient temperature, it is envisioned that the hybrid materials are likely to be compatible with a range of potential applications, including those that may require flexible plastic substrates. Besides the organic-inorganic thin film transistor (OITFT) and organic-inorganic light emitting diode (OILED) devices discussed in this article, organic-inorganic hybrids may also provide novel possibilities for thermoelectric, dielectric, photoconductive and magnetic applications. In each case, the possibilities afforded by the hybrid systems are only beginning to be considered.