Para-sexiphenyl-CdSe/ZnS nanocrystal hybrid light emitting diodes

Abstract

CdSe/ZnS core/shell nanocrystals (NCs) are integrated into para-sexiphenyl (p-6P) based hybrid light emitting diodes, to obtain green and red emission in addition to blue emission originated from p-6P. For the active region of the devices, ultrathin layers of p-6P and NCs are deposited by hot wall epitaxy and spin casting, respectively, resulting in current-voltage characteristics with small leakage currents and low onset voltages. The achieved electroluminescence exhibits narrow emission line widths and thus high color purity, as required for color display applications.