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

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, Pinghui Yang, Meiling Niu, Wenjie Xu, Jingya LaiYu Cao, Jin Chang, He Tian, Yizheng Jin, Xinhui Lu, Lang Jiang, Nana Wang, Wei Huang, Jianpu Wang

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1421
JournalNature Communications
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2021

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