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Micro-Cavity Effect of ZnO/Ag/ZnO Multilayers on Green Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes

  • Lee, Hyungin (Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kyonggi University) ;
  • Kim, Jiwan (Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kyonggi University)
  • Received : 2018.02.05
  • Accepted : 2018.03.09
  • Published : 2018.03.31
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Abstract

ZnO/Ag/ZnO multilayers were fabricated and their optical properties were investigated in terms of the micro-cavity effect in electroluminescent devices based on colloidal quantum dots. The top and bottom ZnO layers were formed by a sol-gel method while the middle Ag layer was deposited by thermal evaporation. After the fabrication of the ZnO/Ag/ZnO structure, the transmittance increased to 74%. When the oxide/metal/oxide multilayers were applied to quantum dot light-emitting diodes, the color purity was enhanced due to the narrower full width at half maximum.

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