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Modelling charge transport and electro-optical characteristics of quantum dot light-emitting diodes

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Authors

Lee, TH 
Han, SD 
Shin, DW 

Abstract

jats:titleAbstracts</jats:title>jats:pQuantum dot light-emitting diodes (QD-LEDs) are considered as competitive candidate for next-generation displays or lightings. Recent advances in the synthesis of core/shell quantum dots (QDs) and tailoring procedures for achieving their high quantum yield have facilitated the emergence of high-performance QD-LEDs. Meanwhile, the charge-carrier dynamics in QD-LED devices, which constitutes the remaining core research area for further improvement of QD-LEDs, is, however, poorly understood yet. Here, we propose a charge transport model in which the charge-carrier dynamics in QD-LEDs are comprehensively described by computer simulations. The charge-carrier injection is modelled by the carrier-capturing process, while the effect of electric fields at their interfaces is considered. The simulated electro-optical characteristics of QD-LEDs, such as the luminance, current density and external quantum efficiency (EQE) curves with varying voltages, show excellent agreement with experiments. Therefore, our computational method proposed here provides a useful means for designing and optimising high-performance QD-LED devices.</jats:p>

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Keywords

3403 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, 40 Engineering, 34 Chemical Sciences, 4018 Nanotechnology, Bioengineering, Nanotechnology

Journal Title

npj Computational Materials

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Journal ISSN

2057-3960
2057-3960

Volume Title

7

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Sponsorship
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Research Infrastructures (RI) (685758)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P027628/1)
This research was supported by the European Union under H2020 grant agreement No 685758 ‘1D-NEON’ and by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) project EP/P027628/1 ‘Smart Flexible Quantum Dot Lighting’.