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Nanoscale heterophase regulation enables sunlight-like full-spectrum white electroluminescence

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  • Jiawei Chen

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology
    19 JJ Thomson Avenue
    Tsinghua University)

  • Kangyu Ji

    (19 JJ Thomson Avenue
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Linjie Dai

    (19 JJ Thomson Avenue
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Hengyang Xiang

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

  • Zhongzheng Yu

    (19 JJ Thomson Avenue)

  • Affan N. Iqbal

    (19 JJ Thomson Avenue)

  • Jian Wang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Xingyue Ma

    (Nanjing University)

  • Renjun Guo

    (19 JJ Thomson Avenue)

  • Miguel Anaya

    (19 JJ Thomson Avenue
    University of Cambridge)

  • Xiufeng Song

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

  • Yang Lu

    (19 JJ Thomson Avenue)

  • Yu-Hsien Chiang

    (19 JJ Thomson Avenue)

  • Weijin Li

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

  • Yalong Shen

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

  • Xiyu Luo

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Alessandro Mirabelli

    (19 JJ Thomson Avenue
    University of Cambridge)

  • Yuanzhuang Cheng

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Xinrui Chen

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

  • Dongxin Ma

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Zhiyong Fan

    (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

  • Yurong Yang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Lian Duan

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Samuel D. Stranks

    (19 JJ Thomson Avenue
    University of Cambridge)

  • Haibo Zeng

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

Abstract

Traditional white light-emitting diodes operate by exciting phosphors using blue light-emitting diodes, leading to the absence of specific colour bands compared with the visible light region of the sunlight spectrum (400–780 nm), and excess blue light increases the risk of harmful effects on ecosystems and organisms. Here, we precisely design and regulate heterophase γ/δ-CsPb(I/Cl)3 at the nanoscale for uniform heterophase distribution, balanced flow of charges and tunable spectrum. Then, γ/δ-CsPb(I/Cl)3 directly excited by electricity shows full-spectrum white electroluminescence covering 400–780 nm with standard Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage coordinates of (0.33, 0.33), a Colour Rendering Index of 95, a Correlated Colour Temperature of 5829 K and a Delta u,v of −3 × 10−4, accompanied with balanced white light composition (Melanopic ratio = 1.004). The match indices of such five core indicators to standard sunlight reach 100%, 95% (97% for R9), 99.5%, 99.97% and 99.6%, respectively, far ahead of as-fabricated commercial white light-emitting diodes.

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  • Jiawei Chen & Kangyu Ji & Linjie Dai & Hengyang Xiang & Zhongzheng Yu & Affan N. Iqbal & Jian Wang & Xingyue Ma & Renjun Guo & Miguel Anaya & Xiufeng Song & Yang Lu & Yu-Hsien Chiang & Weijin Li & Yal, 2025. "Nanoscale heterophase regulation enables sunlight-like full-spectrum white electroluminescence," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-58743-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58743-0
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