Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 36, Issue 1, 203(2021)

Cadmium-free and lead-free environment-friendly blue quantum dots and light-emitting diodes

ZHAO Fang-qing1,2、*, HAO Jian-hua2, and WANG Kai1
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    Received: Oct. 11, 2020

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    Published Online: Aug. 22, 2021

    The Author Email: ZHAO Fang-qing (11968010@mail.sustech.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/cjlcd.2020-0271

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