Chang-Yeol Han

Highly Efficient, Color-Reproducible Full-Color Electroluminescent Devices Based on Red/Green/Blue Quantum Dot-Mixed Multilayer

Over the past few years the performance of colloidal quantum dot-light-emitting diode (QLED) has been progressively improved. However, most of QLED work has been fulfilled in the form of monochromatic device, while full-color-enabling white QLED still remains nearly unexplored. Using red, green, and blue quantum dots (QDs), herein, we fabricate bichromatic and trichromatic QLEDs through sequential solution-processed deposition of poly(9-vinlycarbazole) (PVK) hole transport layer, two or three types of QDs-mixed multilayer, and ZnO nanoparticle electron transport layer. The relative electroluminescent (EL) spectral ratios of constituent QDs in the above multicolored devices are found to inevitably vary with applied bias, leading to the common observation of an increasing contribution of a higher-band gap QD EL over low-band gap one at a higher voltage. The white EL from a trichromatic device is resolved into its primary colors through combining with color filters, producing an exceptional color gamut of 126% relative to National Television Systems Committee (NTSC) color space that a state-of-the-art full-color organic LED counterpart cannot attain. Our trichromatic white QLED also displays the record-high EL performance such as the peak values of 23,352 cd/m(2) in luminance, 21.8 cd/A in current efficiency, and 10.9% in external quantum efficiency.

White Electroluminescent Lighting Device Based on a Single Quantum Dot Emitter

Using a single emitter of Cu-Ga-S/ZnS quantum dots, all-solution-processed white electroluminescent lighting device that not only exhibits the record quantities of 1007 cd m(-2) in luminance and 1.9% in external quantum efficiency but also possesses satisfactorily high color rendering indices of 83-88 is demonstrated.

A near-ideal color rendering white solid-state lighting device copackaged with two color-separated Cu–X–S (X = Ga, In) quantum dot emitters

I–III–VI chalcogenide quantum dots (QDs) are regarded as the most promising downconverters for the fabrication of high-efficiency, high-color rendering solid-state lighting devices, particularly enabled by their exceptional photoluminescence (PL) quantum yields (QYs) along with substantially Stokes-shifted, broad PL characters. In this work, we first synthesize highly efficient green Cu–Ga–S (CGS) and red Cu–In–S (CIS) QDs, having PL QYs of 85 and 83%, respectively, after elaborate ZnS shelling. Then, these two QD emitters that are well color-separated are simply copackaged in a single blue LED chip for the fabrication of tricolored white QD-light-emitting diodes (QD-LEDs). A series of white QD-LEDs with this novel QD combination are prepared by varying the weight ratio of the two QDs loaded. A QD-LED with an optimal weight ratio between CGS and CIS QDs produces a spectrally well-balanced tricolored white electroluminescence, possessing not only near-ideal color rendering index values of 94–97 but high luminous efficacies of 43.1–68.8 lm W−1, depending on the driving current.

Towards the fluorescence retention and colloidal stability of InP quantum dots through surface treatment with zirconium propoxide

ABSTRACT Through the synthetic development of sophisticated core/shell heterostructures, the fluorescent properties of quantum dots (QDs) have been steadily improved to a level that can ultimately meet the industrial demands, but their reliability is still insufficient, particularly showing low fluorescence stability against degradable conditions. As one solution to this issue, an additional physical barrier typically with an oxide phase has been introduced to protect the QD surface from the environment. In this work, a strategy for improving the stability of QDs involving the passivation of their surfaces with zirconium propoxide (Zr(PrO)4) is suggested. Multi-shelled green QDs of InP/ZnSeS/ZnS were first synthesized, and then their surfaces were in-situ-treated with Zr(PrO)4. To confirm the presence of Zr(PrO)4-derived species on the QD surfaces, chemical analyses of the Zr(PrO)4-treated QDs were performed through Fourier transform infrared, X-ray photoelectron, and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopic measurements. A photostability test of two comparative InP/ZnSeS/ZnS QDs – one treated without and one with Zr(PrO)4 – was performed by exposing their dispersions to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation for prolonged periods of time, up to 120 h. It was revealed that Zr(PrO)4 treatment is highly effective in improving fluorescence retention and colloidal stability.