Ligand-Asymmetric Janus Quantum Dots for Efficient Blue-Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes
- Authors
- Cho, Ikjun; Jung, Heeyoung; Jeong, Byeong Guk; Hahm, Donghyo; Chang, Jun Hyuk; Lee, Taesoo; Char, Kookheon; Lee, Doh C.; Lim, Jaehoon; Lee, Changhee; Cho, Jinhan; Bae, Wan Ki
- Issue Date
- 4-7월-2018
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- ligand-asymmetric quantum dot; quantum dot-based light-emitting diode; interface engineering; hole transport layer engineering; charge balance
- Citation
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v.10, no.26, pp.22453 - 22459
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 26
- Start Page
- 22453
- End Page
- 22459
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/74373
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsami.8b08300
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
- Abstract
- We present ligand-asymmetric Janus quantum dots (QDs) to improve the device performance of quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs). Specifically, we devise blue QLEDs incorporating blue QDs with asymmetrically modified ligands, in which the bottom ligand of QDs in contact with ZnO electron-transport layer serves as a robust adhesive layer and an effective electron-blocking layer and the top ligand ensures uniform deposition of organic hole transport layers with enhanced hole injection properties. Suppressed electron overflow by the bottom ligand and stimulated hole injection enabled by the top ligand contribute synergistically to boost the balance of charge injection in blue QDs and therefore the device performance of blue QLEDs. As an ultimate achievement, the blue QLED adopting ligand-asymmetric QDs displays 2-fold enhancement in peak external quantum efficiency (EQE = 3.23%) compared to the case of QDs with native ligands (oleic acid) (peak EQE = 1.49%). The present study demonstrates an integrated strategy to control over the charge injection properties into QDs via ligand engineering that enables enhancement of the device performance of blue QLEDs and thus promises successful realization of white light-emitting devices using QDs.
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