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High-luminance, efficient quantum-dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) have been achieved by optimizing the balance between the hole injection layer (HIL) and the hole transport layer (HTL). Different concentrations of vanadium oxide (V2O5) and poly[(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-co-(4,4′-(4-sec-butylphenyl)diphenylamine)] (TFB) solutions were used to form the efficient HIL and HTL, respectively, for the QLEDs. The hole injection and transport behavior was characterized by using hole-only devices (HODs). The QLEDs, which were prepared with 0.5 wt.% of V2O5 and 0.1 wt.% of TFB as HIL and HTL, respectively, showed a maximum current efficiency of 2.27 cd·A−1 and a maximum luminance of 71,260 cd·m−2. Moreover, the turn-on voltage of the device was as low as 2.2 V due to the efficient carrier injection and transport. The results provide useful information for fabricating high-performance QLEDs.
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This work was supported by a research project grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2016R1D1A1B03932144).
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Shin, J.S., Yu, J.H., Heo, S.B. et al. Optimization of Hole Injection and Transport Layers for High-Performance Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Diodes. J. Korean Phys. Soc. 75, 1033–1037 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.75.1033
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