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High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Inefficient hole injection represents a major challenge in achieving stable and cost-effective solution-processed blue quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs). The development of hole transport materials (HTMs) suitable for high-performance blue QLEDs has proven particularly difficult, mainly due to their inherently low hole mobility and mismatched energy levels. In this study, we designed and synthesized two vinyl-based cross-linkable HTMs: 4,4′-bis(3-vinyl-9 H -carbazol-9-yl)-1,1’-biphenyl (CBP-V) and 2,8-bis(3-vinyl-9 H -carbazol-9-yl)dibenzo b, d furan (KFP-V). Compared to CBP-V, the replacement of biphenyl groups with dibenzofuran groups in KFP-V results in a relatively lower cross-linking temperature of 200 °C and complete solvent resistance. Moreover, KFP-V exhibits exceptional hole transport properties, with a notable high hole mobility of 2 × 10 –3 cm 2 V –1 s –1 . The HOMO level of KFP is reduced to −5.95 eV, effectively lowering the injection barrier between the HTL and QDs layer. When applied in solution-processed blue QLEDs, devices based on KFP-V show outstanding performance, achieving a maximum luminance of 31432 cd m –2 and an external quantum efficiency of 16.67%. Moreover, the cross-linked KFP-V enhances deep-blue emission characteristics, with Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage coordinates of (0.15, 0.03). This work offers valuable insights for the rational design of cross-linkable HTMs aimed at advancing solution-processed blue QLEDs.
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