Luminescent Nanomaterials for Energy-Efficient Display and Healthcare

Abstract

Luminescent quantum dots (QDs) and perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) are promising, efficient energy converters for advanced displays and light sources. Their widespread applications in the photoluminescence (PL)-based displays have been achieved through color enhancement films and patterned color-converters. Meanwhile, electroluminescence (EL) devices based on QDs and PNCs are still under active development, but emerging applications in the healthcare domains could accelerate their adoption. Herein, we first analyze the QD color-conversion displays guided by state-of-the-art research and then summarize the evolution of in situ strategies to fabricate efficient and stable PNC–polymer composites. Subsequently, we introduce the application of flexible QD light-emitting devices for healthcare as a potential early target market. Remaining challenges and future perspectives of QDs and PNCs as light-converters for PL displays, and of QDs for EL applications in healthcare, are analyzed.