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  • Nanotechnology
  • Optoelectronics

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  • Quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) are promising for advanced displays.
  • Current QLEDs face challenges with inefficient inorganic hole-injection layers (HILs) due to poor energy alignment and defects.
  • This limits overall device performance and efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To engineer an improved inorganic HIL for high-performance QLEDs.
  • To enhance charge injection and reduce interfacial defects in QLEDs.
  • To achieve record efficiencies in green QLED devices.

Main Methods:

  • Interfacial engineering of Cu-doped NiO (Cu:NiO) with halide-functionalized self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of (2-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)ethyl)phosphonic acid (2PACz).
  • Utilized density functional theory (DFT) to analyze interfacial properties and molecular interactions.
  • Fabricated and characterized QLED devices with modified HILs.

Main Results:

  • Halide-SAMs created dipoles, shifting the Cu:NiO valence band, increasing hole density, and reducing surface defects.
  • High molecular polarizability of halide substituents enhanced van der Waals forces for robust passivation.
  • QLEDs with I-2PACz-modified Cu:NiO achieved a record external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 26.95% (Mean 19.53%), a 3.5-fold improvement.

Conclusions:

  • Simultaneously tuning interface polarity and molecular polarizability is a viable strategy for high-performance QLEDs.
  • This approach leads to trap-suppressed, charge-balanced, and highly efficient QLED architectures.
  • The developed inorganic HIL represents a significant advancement for QLED technology.