Minimizing Optical Energy Losses for Long-Lifetime Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes

Regardless of the rapid advance on perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs), the lack of long-term operational stability hinders the practicality of this technology. Particularly, thermal management is indispensable to control the Joule heating induced by charge transport and parasitic re-absorption of internally confined photons. Herein, a synergetic device architecture is proposed for minimizing the optical energy losses in PeLEDs toward high efficiency and long lifetime. By adopting a carefully modified perovskite emitter in combination with an improved light outcoupling structure, red PeLEDs emitting at 666 nm achieve a peak external quantum efficiency of 21.2% and an operational half-lifetime of 4806.7 h for an initial luminance of 100 cd m(-2). The enhanced light extraction from trapped modes can efficiently reduce the driving current and suppress optical energy losses in PeLEDs, which in turn ameliorate the heat-induced device degradation during operation. This work paves the way toward high-performance PeLEDs for display and lighting applications in the future.

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This study proposes a synergetic device architecture for high efficiency and long lifetime PeLEDs by improving the perovskite emitter and light outcoupling structure. Enhanced light extraction reduces optical energy losses and improves the stability of the device during operation.