journal article·2025-07

Full‐Spectrum Carbon Dots Electroluminescent White Light‐Emitting Diodes with a Record Color Rendering Index of 94

Dan Li, Zhibin Wang, Song Zheng, Naizhong Jiang, Chengcai Feng, Ximing Wu, Hailiang Huang, Tao Pang, Lingwei Zeng, Ruidan Zhang, Feng Huang, Daqin Chen

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 35· Issue 28
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Abstract

Abstract Carbon dots (CDs) are emerging as promising nanomaterials for next‐generation white electroluminescent devices due to their high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), broad emission spectrum, and compatibility with solution‐processed methods. However, current CD‐based white light‐emitting diodes (CDs‐WLEDs) heavily rely on costly commercial host materials and struggle with low color rendering index (CRI). Herein, a “dual‐phase CDs emitter” strategy is introduced to achieve full‐spectrum white light emission, without employing commercial host materials. As a proof of concept, CDs are synthesized with broadband green emission and nearly 100% PLQY. Spectroscopic and structural analyses confirm that their luminescence originates from molecular state emission. By combining these green CDs with carbon quantum dot organic frameworks capable of dual blue and red emissions, white light is successfully produced with a record CRI of 94 and color coordinates of (0.32, 0.34). This approach provides a cost‐effective and efficient pathway for developing high‐performance WLEDs that rely exclusively on CDs.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications · Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

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Affiliations

College of Physics and Energy Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Manipulation and New Energy Materials Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China

Huzhou Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage College of Science Huzhou University Huzhou Zhejiang 313000 P. R. China

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan University of Science and Technology Xiangtan Hunan 411201 P. R. China

Fujian Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced High‐Field Superconducting Materials and Engineering Fuzhou 350117 China

Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Solar Energy Conversion and Energy Storage Fuzhou 350117 China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province

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