Lattice strain modulation toward efficient blue perovskite light-emitting diodes

The successful implementation of perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) in advanced displays and lighting has proven to be challenging because of the inferior performance of blue devices. Here, we point out that a strained system would lead to the quasi-degenerate energy state to enhance the excited-state transition due to the formation of double-polarized transition channel. The tensile strained structure also brings about a synergetic control of the carrier dynamics in virtue of lattice structure deformation and reduced dimensional phase regulation to promote carrier population in large bandgap domains and to realize near-unit energy transfer from the large bandgap phases to the emitter phases. Accordingly, high external quantum efficiencies of 14.71 and 10.11% are achieved for the 488- and 483-nanometer PeLEDs. This work represents a versatile strategy using a strained system to achieve enhanced radiative emission for the development of efficient PeLEDs.