Stretchable Organometal-Halide-Perovskite Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Diodes.

Li, Yun-Fei; Chou, Shu-Yu; Huang, Peng; Xiao, Changtao; Liu, Xiaofeng; Xie, Yu; Zhao, Fangchao; Huang, Yilong et al. · Adv Mater · 2019

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Stretchable light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and electroluminescent capacitors have been reported to potentially bring new opportunities to wearable electronics; however, these devices lack in efficiency and/or stretchability. Here, a stretchable organometal-halide-perovskite quantum-dot LED with both high efficiency and mechanical compliancy is demonstrated. The hybrid device employs an ultrathin (<3 µm) LED structure conformed on a surface-wrinkled elastomer substrate. Its luminescent efficiency is up to 9.2 cd A<sup>-1</sup> , which is 70% higher than a control diode fabricated on the rigid indium tin oxide/glass substrate. Mechanical deformations up to 50% tensile strain do not induce significant loss of the electroluminescent property. The device can survive 1000 stretch-release cycles of 20% tensile strain with small fluctuations in electroluminescent performance.