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Strong angular and spectral narrowing of electroluminescence in an integrated Tamm-plasmon-driven halide perovskite LED

Authors Zher Ying Ooi, Alberto Jiménez-Solano, Krzysztof Gałkowski, Yuqi Sun, Jordi Ferrer Orri, Kyle Frohna, Hayden Salway, Simon Kahmann, Shenyu Nie, Guadalupe Vega, Shaoni Kar, Michał P. Nowak, Sebastian Maćkowski, Piotr Nyga, Caterina Ducati, Neil C. Greenham, Bettina V. Lotsch, Miguel Anaya & Samuel D. Stranks

Abstract

Next-generation light-emitting applications such as displays and optical communications require judicious control over emitted light, including intensity and angular dispersion. To date, this remains a challenge as conventional methods require cumbersome optics. Here, we report highly directional and enhanced electroluminescence from a solution-processed quasi-2-dimensional halide perovskite light-emitting diode by building a device architecture to exploit hybrid plasmonic-photonic Tamm plasmon modes. By exploiting the processing and bandgap tunability of the halide perovskite device layers, we construct the device stack to optimise both optical and charge-injection properties, leading to narrow forward electroluminescence with an angular full-width half-maximum of 36.6° compared with the conventional isotropic control device of 143.9°, and narrow electroluminescence spectral full-width half-maximum of 12.1 nm. The device design is versatile and tunable to work with emission lines covering the visible spectrum with desired directionality, thus providing a promising route to modular, inexpensive, and directional operating light-emitting devices.

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