Metal halide perovskite materials are emerging solution-processed semiconductors with considerable promise in optoelectronic devices 1,2 . Metal halide perovskite-based light-emitting devices (pLEDs) have received extensive interest for applications in flat-panel displays and solid-state lighting owing to their promise of low cost, tunable colors with narrow emission bandwidths, high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), and facile solution processing [3][4][5][6][7] .However, the highest reported external quantum efficiency (EQE) of green-and red-emitting pLEDs are 14.36% 6,8 and 11.7% 7 , still far behind the performance of organic LEDs (OLEDs) [9][10][11] and inorganic quantum dot LEDs (QLEDs) 12 . Here we report visible perovskite LEDs that
Aim: Fluorescence imaging can visualize polymicrobial populations in chronic and acute wounds based on porphyrin fluorescence. We investigated the fluorescent properties of specific wound pathogens and the fluorescence detected from bacteria in biofilm. Methods: Utilizing Remel Porphyrin Test Agar, 32 bacterial and four yeast species were examined for red fluorescence under 405 nm violet light illumination. Polymicrobial biofilms, supplemented with δ-aminolevulinic acid, were investigated similarly. Results: A total of 28/32 bacteria, 1/4 yeast species and polymicrobial biofilms produced red fluorescence, in agreement with their known porphyrin production abilities. Conclusion: These results identify common wound pathogens capable of producing porphyrin-specific fluorescence and support clinical observations using fluorescence imaging to detect pathogenic bacteria in chronic wounds.
The use of LiF as a thin interlayer between the electron transport layer and cathode has played a pivotal role in remarkable advances in perovskite LEDs (PeLEDs); however, the mechanism behind the effect of LiF remains to be fully understood. Here, we report a combined experimental and computational study, from which we ascribe the benefits of a LiF interlayer to the migration of dissociated Li into the cathode and dissociated F into the anode. Electronic device simulations reveal that the former improves electron injection by lowering the Schottky barrier height, while the latter reduces the barrier width. These reduce turn-on voltage and improve current density and charge balance in LEDs. We fabricate PeLEDs with and without the LiF interlayer and link these materials and electronic phenomena to the device light-current− voltage characteristics. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy obtained in sputter profiling of PeLEDs corroborates the dissociation of LiF.
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