Regulating the Grain-Growth Surface for Efficient Near-Infrared Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes

Metal halide perovskites hold great potential for next-generation light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs). Despite significant progress, achieving high-performance PeLEDs hinges on optimizing the interface between the perovskite crystal film and the charge transport layers, especially the buried interface, which serves as the starting point for perovskite growth. Here, we develop a bottom-up perovskite film modulation strategy using formamidine acetate (FAAc) to enhance the buried interface. This multifaceted approach facilitates the vertical-oriented growth of high-quality perovskites with minimized defects. Meanwhile, the in situ deprotonation between FA⁺ and ZnO could eliminate the hydroxyl (−OH) defects and modulate the energy level of ZnO. The resulting FAPbI₃-PeLED exhibits a champion EQE of 23.84% with enhanced operational stability and suppressed EQE roll-off. This strategy is also successfully extended to other mixed-halide PeLEDs (e.g., Cs_0.17FA_0.83Pb(I_0.75Br_0.25)₃), demonstrating its versatility as an efficient and straightforward method for enhancing the PeLEDs’ performance.