Abstract

Herein, an unprecedented report is presented on the incorporation of size-dependent gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) capping into a conventional hole transport layer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). The hole transport layer blocks ion-diffusion/migration in methylammonium-lead-bromide (MAPbBr3)-based perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) as a modified interlayer. The PVP-capped 90 nm AuNP device exhibited a seven-fold increase in efficiency (1.5%) as compared to the device without AuNPs (0.22%), where the device lifetime was also improved by 17-fold. This advancement is ascribed to the far-field scattering of AuNPs, modified work function and carrier trapping/detrapping. The improvement in device lifetime is attributed to PVP-capping of AuNPs which prevents indium diffusion into the perovskite layer and surface ion migration into PEDOT:PSS through the formation of induced electric dipole. The results also indicate that using large AuNPs (> 90 nm) reduces exciton recombination because of the trapping of excess charge carriers due to the large surface area.

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Title
Improved device efficiency and lifetime of perovskite light-emitting diodes by size-controlled polyvinylpyrrolidone-capped gold nanoparticles with dipole formation
Author
Lee Chang Min 1 ; Choi, Dong Hyun 1 ; Islam Amjad 1 ; Kim, Dong Hyun 1 ; Kim, Tae Wook 1 ; Geon-Woo, Jeong 1 ; Cho, Hyun Woo 1 ; Park, Min Jae 2 ; Shah Syed Hamad Ullah 1 ; Chae, Hyung Ju 1 ; Kyoung-Ho, Kim 3 ; Sujak Muhammad 3 ; Lee Jae Woo 4 ; Kim, Donghyun 5 ; Kim, Chul Hoon 6 ; Lee, Hyun Jae 6 ; Tae-Sung, Bae 7 ; Yu, Seung Min 7 ; Jin Jong Sung 8 ; Kang, Yong-Cheol 9 ; Park Juyun 9 ; Song Myungkwan 10 ; Chang-Su, Kim 10 ; Shin, Sung Tae 1 ; Ryu Seung Yoon 1 

 Korea University Sejong Campus, Division of Display and Semiconductor Physics, Display Convergence, College of Science and Technology, Sejong City, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678); Korea University Sejong Campus, Department of Applied Physics, Sejong City, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678); Korea University Sejong Campus, E-ICT-Culture-Sports Convergence Track, Sejong City, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678) 
 Korea University Sejong Campus, Division of Display and Semiconductor Physics, Display Convergence, College of Science and Technology, Sejong City, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678) 
 Chungbuk National University, Department of Physics, Cheongju, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.254229.a) (ISNI:0000 0000 9611 0917) 
 Korea University, Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sejong, Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678) 
 Korea University, Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sejong, Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678); Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP, IMEP-LAHC, Grenoble, France (GRID:grid.462157.3) (ISNI:0000 0004 0382 8823) 
 Korea University Sejong Campus, Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, College of Science and Technology, Sejong City, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.222754.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0840 2678) 
 Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Jeonju Center, Jeonju, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.410885.0) (ISNI:0000 0000 9149 5707) 
 Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Busan Center, Busan, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.410885.0) (ISNI:0000 0000 9149 5707) 
 Pukyong National University, Department of Chemistry, Busan, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.412576.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 0719 8994) 
10  Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Surface Technology Division, Advanced Nano-Surface Department, Changwon, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.410902.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 1770 8726) 
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2627130304
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