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Efficient Thermally Evaporated Near-Infrared Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes via Phase Regulation

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-025-01776-3
Siwei He
School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, People’s Republic of China
Lanxin Qin
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Zhengzheng Liu
State Key Laboratory of Ultra‑intense Laser Science and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People’s Republic of China
Jae‑Wook Kang
Department of Flexible and Printable Electronics, LANL-JBNU Engineering Institute-Korea, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
Jiajun Luo
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Juan Du
School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Juan Du

du@ucas.ac.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 17 (2025), Article Number: 270

Abstract

α-phase formamidinium lead triiodide (FAPbI3) has demonstrated extraordinary properties for near-infrared perovskite light-emitting diodes (NIR-PeLEDs). The vacuum processing technique has recently received increasing attention from industry and academia due to its solvent-free feature and compatibility with large-scale production. Nevertheless, vacuum-deposited NIR-PeLEDs have been less studied, and their efficiencies lag far behind those of solution-based PeLEDs as it is still challenging to prepare pure α-FAPbI3 by the thermal evaporation. Herein, we report a Cs-containing triple-source co-evaporation approach to develop the perovskite films. The addition of thermally stable Cs cation fills in the perovskite crystal lattice and eliminates the formation of metallic Pb caused by the degradation of FA cation during the evaporation process. The tri-source co-evaporation strategy significantly promotes the phase transition from yellow δ-phase FAPbI3 to black α-phase FACsPbI3, fostering smooth, uniform, and pinhole-free perovskite films with higher crystallinity and fewer defects. On this basis, the resulting NIR-PeLED based on FACsPbI3 yields a maximum EQE of 10.25%, which is around sixfold higher than that of FAPbI3-based PeLEDs. Our work demonstrates a reliable and effective strategy to achieve α-FAPbI3 via thermal evaporation and paves the pathway toward highly efficient perovskite optoelectronic devices for future commercialization.


Highlights:
1 α-phase formamidinium lead triiodide (FAPbI3) was prepared based on triple-source co-evaporation.
2 A partial Cs-doping in the FAPbI3 can help with the suppression of the non-radiative recombination, elimination of the metallic Pb, improvement of spatial confinement.
3 Near-infrared perovskite light-emitting diodes (NIR-PeLEDs) based on triple-source co-evaporated FACsPbI3 thin films achieved a maximum external quantum efficiency of 10.25%, which was around 6 times higher than that of FAPbI3-based NIR-PeLEDs.

Keywords

Vacuum-deposited perovskite Near-infrared emission Phase regulation Co-evaporation Electroluminescence
He, Siwei, Lanxin Qin, Zhengzheng Liu, Jae‑Wook Kang, Jiajun Luo, and Juan Du. 2025. “Efficient Thermally Evaporated Near-Infrared Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes via Phase Regulation”. Nano-Micro Letters 17 (May):270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-025-01776-3.
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