Issue 4, 2017

Color-tunable Ag-In-Zn-S quantum-dot light-emitting devices realizing green, yellow and amber emissions

Abstract

In this study, we report the creation of heterostructured alloy core/shell Ag-In-Zn-S (AIZS)/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) by sequential core-forming, alloying and shelling processes and the fabrication of color-tunable QD light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) with a standard device architecture. Three different (green, yellow, and amber, denoted as G, Y, and A) AIZS/ZnS QDs were successfully prepared at different core-forming, alloying and shelling temperatures and time periods. The QDs were then incorporated into a solution-processed bottom-emitting QLED structure, where the three-colored QD emissive layers (EMLs) are sandwiched in the same structure with ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) and poly(9-vinlycarbazole) (PVK) as electron and hole-transport layers, respectively. The G, Y, and A AIZS/ZnS QLEDs exhibit the highest ever luminance levels of 999, 698, and 498 cd m−2 and current efficiency (CE) rates of 1.12, 1.17, and 0.36 cd A−1, respectively. Despite the fact that both an appreciable hole barrier and an electron barrier are established in the QD emitting layer (EML) and the hole/electron transport layer, respectively, the three colored QLEDs were successfully activated. Moreover, the electroluminescence (EL) performances of tunable G, Y, and A QLEDs can be distinctly measured using any EL spectrophotometer. The realization of tunable color and moderate brightness as well as the potential all-solution processability using AIZS/ZnS QDs can provide a strong opportunity for future researchers to devise new strategies involving II–VI QD-based QLEDs as a new generation of wide-bandwidth QDs for general lighting applications with high color-rendering indices.

Graphical abstract: Color-tunable Ag-In-Zn-S quantum-dot light-emitting devices realizing green, yellow and amber emissions

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Nov 2016
Accepted
18 Dec 2016
First published
19 Dec 2016

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 953-959

Color-tunable Ag-In-Zn-S quantum-dot light-emitting devices realizing green, yellow and amber emissions

D. B. Choi, S. Kim, H. C. Yoon, M. Ko, H. Yang and Y. R. Do, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 953 DOI: 10.1039/C6TC04798J

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