GO-induced effective interconnection layer for all solution-processed tandem quantum dot light-emitting diodes

Compared to conventional quantum dot light-emitting diodes, tandem quantum dot light-emitting diodes (TQLEDs) possess higher device efficiency and more applications in the field of flat panel display and solid-state lighting in the future. The TQLED is a multilayer structure device which connects two or more light-emitting units by using an interconnection layer (ICL), which plays an extremely important role in the TQLED. Therefore, realizing an effective ICL is the key to obtain high-efficiency TQLEDs. In this work, the p-type materials polys (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene), poly (styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT: PSS) and the n-type material zinc magnesium oxide (ZnMgO), were used, and an effective hybrid ICL, the PEDOT: PSS-GO/ZnMgO, was obtained by doping graphene oxide (GO) into PEDOT:PSS. The effect of GO additive on the ICL was systematically investigated. It exhibits that the GO additive brought the fine charge carrier generation and injection capacity simultaneously. Thus, the all solution-processed red TQLEDs were prepared and characterized for the first time. The maximum luminance of 40877 cd/m(2) and the highest current efficiency of 19.6 cd/A were achieved, respectively, showing a 21% growth and a 51% increase when compared with those of the reference device without GO. The encouraging results suggest that our investigation paves the way for efficient all solution-processed TQLEDs.

Automated summary

Compared to conventional quantum dot light-emitting diodes, tandem quantum dot light-emitting diodes (TQLEDs) have higher device efficiency and the key to achieving high-efficiency TQLEDs lies in realizing an effective interconnection layer (ICL).