High-Efficiency Solution-Processed Inorganic Metal Halide Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes

Abstract

This paper reports highly bright and efficient CsPbBr₃ perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) fabricated by simple one-step spin-coating of uniform CsPbBr₃ polycrystalline layers on a self-organized buffer hole injection layer and stoichiometry-controlled CsPbBr₃ precursor solutions with an optimized concentration. The PeLEDs have maximum current efficiency of 5.39 cd A^-1 and maximum luminance of 13752 cd m^-2 . This paper also investigates the origin of current hysteresis, which can be ascribed to migration of Br^- anions. Temperature dependence of the electroluminescence (EL) spectrum is measured and the origins of decreased spectrum area, spectral blue-shift, and linewidth broadening are analyzed systematically with the activation energies, and are related with Br^- anion migration, thermal dissociation of excitons, thermal expansion, and electron-phonon interaction. This work provides simple ways to improve the efficiency and brightness of all-inorganic polycrystalline PeLEDs and improves understanding of temperature-dependent ion migration and EL properties in inorganic PeLEDs.

Keywords: cesium lead halides; electron-phonon coupling; inorganic halide perovskites; light-emitting diodes, next-generation emitters.