Sequential layer-by-layer deposition for high-performance fully thermal-evaporated red perovskite light-emitting diodes

Abstract Thermal-evaporated perovskite light-emitting diodes are highly promising for future display and lighting. However, multi-source co-evaporation faces challenges such as difficulty in regulating crystallinity, especially for red perovskite light-emitting diodes, whose external quantum efficie...

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Main Authors: Yajing Li, Na Meng, Yutian Xu, Bufan Yu, Junhao Liu, Yuanhao Cui, Ziqiang Wang, Xinwu Ke, Tengfei Pan, Xue Min, Jiangshan Chen, Dongge Ma, Lingfeng Chao, Zhelu Hu, Yingdong Xia, Qingxun Guo, Yonghua Chen, Wei Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62282-z
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Summary:Abstract Thermal-evaporated perovskite light-emitting diodes are highly promising for future display and lighting. However, multi-source co-evaporation faces challenges such as difficulty in regulating crystallinity, especially for red perovskite light-emitting diodes, whose external quantum efficiencies are still less than 2%. Here, we demonstrate a facile layer-by-layer thermal-evaporation strategy to fabricate high-quality perovskite-emitting films with tunable emission wavelengths. 5-Aminovaleric acid is introduced to regulate interfacial reactions during deposition, slow down crystallization during post-annealing, and passivate defects through coordination interactions. This approach yields perovskite emitting layers with high uniformity and luminance efficiency. As a result, red (670 nm) and deep-red (730 nm) perovskite light-emitting diodes achieve maximum external quantum efficiencies of 9% and 7.27%, and luminance of over 1500 cd m-2 and 200 W s-1 m-2, respectively. Furthermore, large-area (2500 mm²) and patterned perovskite thin films and light-emitting diodes with outstanding uniformity are successfully demonstrated.
ISSN:2041-1723