Synthesis and optical properties of cadmium selenide quantum dots for white light-emitting diode application

Journal Article · Fri Mar 15 04:00:00 EDT 2013 · Materials Research Bulletin

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2012.11.093· OSTI ID:22290370

Xu, Xianmei; Wang, Yilin; Gule, Teri; Luo, Qiang ^[1]; Zhou, Liya ^[1]; Gong, Fuzhong ^[1]

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1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 53000 (China)

Highlights: ► Stable CdSe QDs were synthesized by the one-step and two-level process respectively. ► The fabricated white LEDs show good white balance. ► CdSe QDs present well green to yellow band luminescence. ► CdSe QDs displayed a broad excitation band. - Abstract: Yellow light-emitting cadmium selenide quantum dots were synthesized using one-step and two-step methods in an aqueous medium. The structural luminescent properties of these quantum dots were investigated. The obtained cadmium selenide quantum dots displayed a broad excitation band suitable for blue or near-ultraviolet light-emitting diode applications. White light-emitting diodes were fabricated by coating the cadmium selenide samples onto a 460 nm-emitting indium gallium nitrite chip. Both samples exhibited good white balance. Under a 20 mA working current, the white light-emitting diode fabricated via the one-step and two-step methods showed Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage coordinates at (0.27, 0.23) and (0.27, 0.33), respectively, and a color rendering index equal to 41 and 37, respectively. The one-step approach was simpler, greener, and more effective than the two-step approach. The one-step approach can be enhanced by combining cadmium selenide quantum dots with proper phosphors.

• OSTI ID: 22290370
• Journal Information: Materials Research Bulletin, Journal Name: Materials Research Bulletin Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 48; ISSN MRBUAC; ISSN 0025-5408
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CADMIUM
CADMIUM SELENIDES
COLOR
CRYSTAL GROWTH
GALLIUM
INDIUM
LIGHT EMITTING DIODES
LUMINESCENCE
NITRITES
QUANTUM DOTS
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
SYNTHESIS