Quantum-Confined Dodecahedron CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots by A Sequential Post-Treatment Strategy for Efficient Blue PeLEDs

CsPbBr 3 quantum dots (QDs) prepared through traditional hot-injection and room temperature reprecipitation methods are usually hexahedral (nanoplate/cube) and green-emitting. These methods severely obstruct the development of blue perovskite-based light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) because the resultant QDs always suffer unachievable morphology regulation. Here, highly efficient blue-emitting rhombic dodecahedron CsPbBr 3 QDs (CsPbBr 3 <12> QDs) are obtained by regulating morphological transformation for the first time through a novel and facile sequential post-treatment strategy. Hydrobromide (-NH 3 + ) with stronger adsorption energy promotes the morphology transform of QDs from nanoplate to cube by substituting oleylamine in the first step. Then, polar solvent vapor eliminates PbX 6 4− and led to the (112) crystal plane of the cube QDs being exposed, which is effectively stabilized by -NH 3 + to realize morphology transition from cube to the dodecahedron. Highly efficient 12-faceted dodecahedrons are endowed with significantly enhanced photoluminescence quantum yield of 89.8% at 476 nm as well as uniform size distribution and mono-dispersity. The target blue PeLEDs achieve the maximum external quantum efficiency of 6.6% (480 nm) and excellent spectrum stability. This study provides a new strategy to prepare blue-emitting CsPbBr 3 <12> QDs by delicate control toward the growth and polyhedron process of crystal.