Efficient and Spectrally Stable Blue Perovskite Light‐Emitting Diodes Employing a Cationic π‐Conjugated Polymer

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 33; no. 45; pp. e2103640 - n/a
• Main Authors: Yuan, Shuai, Cui, Lin‐Song, Dai, Linjie, Liu, Yun, Liu, Qing‐Wei, Sun, Yu‐Qi, Auras, Florian, Anaya, Miguel, Zheng, Xiaopeng, Ruggeri, Edoardo, Yu, You‐Jun, Qu, Yang‐Kun, Abdi‐Jalebi, Mojtaba, Bakr, Osman M., Wang, Zhao‐Kui, Stranks, Samuel D., Greenham, Neil C., Liao, Liang‐Sheng, Friend, Richard H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: blue emissions; Cationic polymerization; Electroluminescence; high efficiencies; ion migrations; Light emitting diodes; Materials science; Metal halides; Optoelectronics; perovskite light‐emitting diodes; Perovskites; Polymers; Spectra; Spectral emittance; stabilities; Stability; perovskite light-emitting diodes; stabilities; blue emissions; high efficiencies; ion migrations
• ISSN: 0935-9648; 1521-4095; 1521-4095
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.202103640

Metal halide perovskite semiconductors have demonstrated remarkable potentials in solution‐processed blue light‐emitting diodes (LEDs). However, the unsatisfied efficiency and spectral stability responsible for trap‐mediated non‐radiative losses and halide phase segregation remain the primary unsolved challenges for blue perovskite LEDs. In this study, it is reported that a fluorene‐based π‐conjugated cationic polymer can be blended with the perovskite semiconductor to control film formation and optoelectronic properties. As a result, sky‐blue and true‐blue perovskite LEDs with Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage coordinates of (0.08, 0.22) and (0.12, 0.13) at the record external quantum efficiencies of 11.2% and 8.0% were achieved. In addition, the mixed halide perovskites with the conjugated cationic polymer exhibit excellent spectral stability under external bias. This result illustrates that π‐conjugated cationic polymers have a great potential to realize efficient blue mixed‐halide perovskite LEDs with stable electroluminescence. A fluorene‐based π‐conjugated cationic polymer as a multifunctional passivator to suppress non‐radiative processes, improve charge transport properties, and inhibit ion migration for blue mixed‐halide perovskite semiconductors, is reported. As a result, efficient and spectrally stable blue perovskite light‐emitting diodes with emission wavelengths from 485 to 458 nm are achieved.