title: Amine-Based Passivating Materials for Enhanced Optical Properties and Performance of Organic-Inorganic Perovskites in Light-Emitting Diodes.
abstract: The use of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites in optoelectronic applications are attracting an interest because of their outstanding characteristics, which enable a remarkable enhancement of device efficiency. However, solution-processed perovskite crystals unavoidably contain defect sites that cause hysteresis in perovskite solar cells (PeSCs) and blinking in perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs). Here, we report significant beneficial effects using a new treatment based on amine-based passivating materials (APMs) to passivate the defect sites of methylammonium lead tribromide (MAPbBr3) through coordinate bonding between the nitrogen atoms and undercoordinated lead ions. This treatment greatly enhanced the PeLED's efficiency, with an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 6.2%, enhanced photoluminescence (PL), a lower threshold for amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), a longer PL lifetime, and enhanced device stability. Using confocal microscopy, we observed the cessation of PL blinking in perovskite films treated with ethylenediamine (EDA) due to passivation of the defect sites in the MAPbBr3.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science Engineering and Low Dimensional Carbon Center and KIST-UNIST Ulsan Center for Convergent Materials, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , UNIST-gil 50, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seungjin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science Engineering and Low Dimensional Carbon Center and KIST-UNIST Ulsan Center for Convergent Materials, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , UNIST-gil 50, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Cavendish Laboratory , JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Bo Ram
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science Engineering and Low Dimensional Carbon Center and KIST-UNIST Ulsan Center for Convergent Materials, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , UNIST-gil 50, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eui Dae
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science Engineering and Low Dimensional Carbon Center and KIST-UNIST Ulsan Center for Convergent Materials, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , UNIST-gil 50, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Choul
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Cavendish Laboratory , JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Nuzzo
authors.affiliation: Cavendish Laboratory , JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Friend
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science Engineering and Low Dimensional Carbon Center and KIST-UNIST Ulsan Center for Convergent Materials, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , UNIST-gil 50, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Myoung Hoon
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8106-7332
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Song