In this work, we proposed a straightforward and effective strategy for preparing pink all-inorganic halide perovskite nanocrystal (NC) phosphors for light-emitting diode (LED) application. The pink perovskite NCs with varying Mn contents could be easily and steadily obtained via postsynthetic ion exchange at room temperature. The dependence of the size and optical properties of pink NCs on dopant content was systematically investigated. The reversible anion exchange processes of pink perovskite NCs were conducted with halide salts containing or excluding Pb. The contrasting results suggested that the irreversibility of Mn-emission was mainly affected by the fully reversible cation exchange between Pb 2+ and Mn 2+ . The pink NCs with better stability of dopant emission and high monodispersity were successfully developed by compounding with silica . A pink LED was further made by using the pink NCs/silica composites as pink phosphors on a 395 nm InGaN LED chip. This work provides a feasible strategy for the fabrication of pink LEDs, which may have great application prospects in the field of special lighting, like neon lights and plant growth lights.
Hong Wang,Peisheng Zhang,Baiju P. Krishnan,Maolin Yu,Jie Liu,Mingju Xue,Shu Chen,Rongjin Zeng,Jiaxi Cui,Jian Chen
The development of switchable white-light emitters is extremely challenging but urgently needed for various applications. We describe a class of switchable fluorescent polymeric nanoparticles (SFPNs) that can alternate their emission color among stable white, cyan, or pink. These SFPNs consist of a dye with cyan-light emission and a spiropyran (SP) derivative with photochromism. When the SP derivative is transferred to its merocyanine state, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) occurs from the cyan dye to the merocyanine one. In a rational design of transfer efficiency, a stable white-light emission is achieved. This white-light emission can be switched to the cyan-light one upon photoirradiation or pink-light one by solvent-induced swelling. Such multi-color fluorescent alternation is reversible and therefore allows for data encryption. Because of the facile synthesis, excellent long-term stability, fast photo-responsibility, high-contrast fluorescence, and outstanding switchability of these nanoparticles, we envision that they should have great potential in various applications such as high-resolution imaging, white luminescence, and data encryption.