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Enhancing the performance of LARP-synthesized CsPbBr₃ nanocrystal LEDs by employing a dual hole injection layer.

ABSTRACT: Lead halide perovskites have been considered promising materials for optoelectronic applications owing to their superior properties. CsPbBr₃ nanocrystals (NCs) with a narrow particle size distribution and a narrow emission spectrum are synthesized by ligand-assisted re-precipitation (LARP), a low-cost and facile process. In inverted CsPbBr₃ NC LEDs, a dual hole injection layer (HIL) of 1,4,5,8,9,11-hexaazatriphenylene-hexacarbonitrile (HAT-CN)/MoO₃ is introduced to enhance hole injection and transport, because HAT-CN can extract electrons easily from the hole transport layer and leave a large number of holes there. The current and power efficiencies of the optimized device with a dual HIL are 1.5- and 1.8-fold higher than those of the single HIL device. It is believed that the dual HAT-CN/MoO₃ HIL effectively promotes hole injection and has promise for application in many other devices.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9053605 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

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Enhancing the performance of LARP-synthesized CsPbBr3 nanocrystal LEDs by employing a dual hole injection layer.

Xu Dingyan D Wan Qun Q Wu Siyao S Zhao Yu Y Xu Xinglei X Li Liang L He Gufeng G

RSC advances 20200506 30

Lead halide perovskites have been considered promising materials for optoelectronic applications owing to their superior properties. CsPbBr3 nanocrystals (NCs) with a narrow particle size distribution and a narrow emission spectrum are synthesized by ligand-assisted re-precipitation (LARP), a low-cost and facile process. In inverted CsPbBr3 NC LEDs, a dual hole injection layer (HIL) of 1,4,5,8,9,11-hexaazatriphenylene-hexacarbonitrile (HAT-CN)/MoO3 is introduced ...[more]

PMID: 35515615

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