InP quantum dots (QDs) are considered
as one of the most promising
candidates of Cd- or Pb-based QDs in the applications of display and
lighting. However, the performances of blue InP QDs and the corresponding
light emitting devices (LEDs) are far inferior to those of their red
and green counterparts, which strongly limits the development of InP
QD based LEDs (QLEDs) technology. Here, high quantum yield (∼81%)
and large size (∼7.0 ± 0.9 nm) InP/GaP/ZnS//ZnS QDs with
a thick shell have been successfully synthesized by a shell engineering
approach, and the corresponding QLEDs exhibit a record brightness
and external quantum efficiency of 3120 cd·m–2 and 1.01%, respectively. Large-scale density functional theory calculations
on thousands-of-atoms QDs indicate that thicker-shell ones favor a
more balanced carrier injection in the QD film and simultaneously
suppress the FRET between closely packed QDs, which collectively contribute
to the improved blue device performances.
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