Utilization of Trapped Optical Modes for White Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes with Efficiency over 12%

The inferior light extraction efficiency (LEE), which is generally less than 20%, based on optical modeling, and the difficulty in achieving white emission are the two main challenges in the metal-halide-perovskite light-emitting diode (PeLED) field. Herein, we report a simple and efficient approach to construct high-performance white PeLEDs with much-enhanced LEE by coupling a blue PeLED with a layer of red perovskite nanocrystal (PeNC) down-converter through a rationally designed multilayer semitransparent electrode (LiF/Al/Ag/LiF). The red PeNC layer allows the extraction of the trapped waveguide mode and surface plasmon polariton mode in a blue PeLED and converts them to red emission, resulting in over 50% LEE improvement. Simultaneously, the complementary emission spectrum of blue photons and down-converting red photons contributes to a white PeLED with a high external quantum efficiency and luminance of more than 12% and approximately 2,000 cd m(-2), respectively, which represent state-of-the-art results in this field.

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The main challenges in the metal-halide-perovskite light-emitting diode (PeLED) field are low light extraction efficiency (LEE) and difficulty in achieving white emission. A high-performance white PeLED with enhanced LEE was successfully constructed by coupling a blue PeLED with a red perovskite nanocrystal (PeNC) down-converter through a multilayer semitransparent electrode. This approach not only improved LEE by over 50%, but also achieved a high external quantum efficiency and luminance, representing state-of-the-art results in the field.