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Efficient and bright warm-white electroluminescence from lead-free metal halides

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  • Hong Chen

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Lin Zhu

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Chen Xue

    (Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering (IBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU))

  • Pinlei Liu

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Xuerong Du

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Kaichuan Wen

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Hao Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Lei Xu

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Chensheng Xiang

    (China Center of Electron Microscope, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Material, School of Material Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University)

  • Chen Lin

    (Center for Chemistry of High-Performance and Novel Materials, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University)

  • Minchao Qin

    (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

  • Jing Zhang

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Tao Jiang

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Chang Yi

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Lu Cheng

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Chenglong Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Pinghui Yang

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Meiling Niu

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Wenjie Xu

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Jingya Lai

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Yu Cao

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)
    Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering (IBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU))

  • Jin Chang

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • He Tian

    (China Center of Electron Microscope, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Material, School of Material Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University)

  • Yizheng Jin

    (Center for Chemistry of High-Performance and Novel Materials, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University)

  • Xinhui Lu

    (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

  • Lang Jiang

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Nana Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

  • Wei Huang

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)
    Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering (IBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU))

  • Jianpu Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech))

Abstract

Solution-processed metal-halide perovskites are emerging as one of the most promising materials for displays, lighting and energy generation. Currently, the best-performing perovskite optoelectronic devices are based on lead halides and the lead toxicity severely restricts their practical applications. Moreover, efficient white electroluminescence from broadband-emission metal halides remains a challenge. Here we demonstrate efficient and bright lead-free LEDs based on cesium copper halides enabled by introducing an organic additive (Tween, polyethylene glycol sorbitan monooleate) into the precursor solutions. We find the additive can reduce the trap states, enhancing the photoluminescence quantum efficiency of the metal halide films, and increase the surface potential, facilitating the hole injection and transport in the LEDs. Consequently, we achieve warm-white LEDs reaching an external quantum efficiency of 3.1% and a luminance of 1570 cd m−2 at a low voltage of 5.4 V, showing great promise of lead-free metal halides for solution-processed white LED applications.

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  • Hong Chen & Lin Zhu & Chen Xue & Pinlei Liu & Xuerong Du & Kaichuan Wen & Hao Zhang & Lei Xu & Chensheng Xiang & Chen Lin & Minchao Qin & Jing Zhang & Tao Jiang & Chang Yi & Lu Cheng & Chenglong Zhang, 2021. "Efficient and bright warm-white electroluminescence from lead-free metal halides," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-21638-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21638-x
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