Manipulating exciton confinement for stable and efficient flexible quantum dot light-emitting diodes

Xiaoyun Hu; Jianfang Yang; Yufei Tu; Zhen Su; Fei Zhu; Qingqing Guan; Zhiwei Ma

doi:10.1364/PRJ.525231

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 9, 1927(2024)

Manipulating exciton confinement for stable and efficient flexible quantum dot light-emitting diodes Spotlight on Optics

Xiaoyun Hu^1、†, Jianfang Yang^1、†, Yufei Tu^2,4, Zhen Su¹, Fei Zhu³, Qingqing Guan¹, and Zhiwei Ma^3、*

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China

²School of Telecommunications and Intelligent Manufacturing, Sias University, Xinzheng 451150, China

³CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine and i-Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China

⁴e-mail: yufei.t@gmail.com

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Paper Information

Category: Optoelectronics

Received: Apr. 19, 2024

Accepted: Jun. 23, 2024

Published Online: Aug. 23, 2024

The Author Email: Zhiwei Ma (mazhiwie@yeah.net)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.525231

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