Homogeneous ZnSeTeS quantum dots for efficient and stable pure-blue LEDs

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wu, Qianqian; Cao, Fan; Yu, Wenke; Wang, Sheng; Hou, Wenjun; Lu, Zizhe; Cao, Weiran; Zhang, Jiaqi; Zhang, Xiaoyu; Yang, Yingguo; Jia, Guohua; Zhang, Jianhua; Yang, Xuyong
• 署名单位: Shanghai University; Jilin University; Zhangjiang Laboratory; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS; Fudan University; Curtin University
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-1178
• DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08645-4
• 发表日期: 2025-03-20
• 关键词: highly efficient

摘要

The electroluminescence performance of heavy-metal-free blue quantum dot (QD) light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) is much lower than that of state-of-the-art cadmium-based counterparts. Ecofriendly ZnSeTe QDs are an ideal alternative to cadmium-based blue QDs1,2, but face issues with colour impurity and inferior stability caused by the aggregated tellurium (Ten >= 2) that dominates compositional inhomogeneity3,4. Here we developed an isoelectronic control strategy using congeneric sulfur coordinated with triphenyl phosphite (TPP-S) to construct homogeneous ZnSeTeS QDs with pure-blue emissions and near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield. TPP with low electron-donating capability promotes the reactivity balance among anionic precursors, favouring the growth of QDs with uniform composition. The acceptor-like S with high electronegativity weakens the hole localization of the Te atoms by interfering with their surrounding carriers, thereby suppressing the formation of Ten >= 2 isoelectronic centres. Furthermore, the congeneric S increases the configurational entropy of the QDs and eliminates the stacking faults and oxygen defects, leading to improved structural stability and reduced non-radiative carrier density. Consequently, the resulting pure-blue QLEDs based on core-shell ZnSeTeS/ZnSe/ZnS QDs emitting at 460 nm show a high external quantum efficiency of 24.7%, a narrow linewidth of 17 nm, and long operational half-lifetime (T50) close to 30,000 hours at 100 cd cm-2, rivalling state-of-the-art cadmium-based blue QLEDs.