Electroluminescent white light-emitting diodes with cadimum-free Cu-In-Zn-S nanocrystals sandwiched between two TFB layers.

A high color rendering index (CRI) and stable spectra under different voltages are important parameters for large-area planar light sources. However, the spectrum of most electroluminescent white light-emitting diodes (el-WLEDs) with a single emissive layer (EML) varies with a changing voltage. Herein, an el-WLED is fabricated based on Cd-free Cu-In-Zn-S (CIZS)/ZnS nanocrystals (NCs) and poly [(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-co-(4,4'-(N-(p-butylphenyl))diphenylamine)] (TFB) as double EMLs, which exhibit white-light emission with a high CRI value of 91 and commission internationale de l'éclairage (CIE) color coordinates of (0.33, 0.33). Meanwhile, it has a stable spectrum under voltage up to 7 V and a maximum luminance up to 679 cd/m2 with a low turn-on voltage of 2.2 V. This work provides a foundation for Cd-free el-WLEDs with high CRI and stable spectra.