Room Temperature Processed Amorphous Sn‐Excess‐ITO Electrodes for High Performance Perovskite Light‐Emitting Diodes

Achieving high efficiency perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) requires transparent electrodes that combine low sheet resistance, high optical transmittance, and atomically smooth morphology. Conventional crystalline indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes, however, necessitate high-temperature deposition above 300°C or post-annealing, resulting in grain boundaries and rough surfaces that are incompatible with flexible substrates and low-temperature device architecture. Here, we report room-temperature processed, grain boundary-free Sn excess doped indium tin oxide (SE-ITO) electrodes fabricated via RF-RF co-sputtering of In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and SnO<sub>2</sub>. Through the heavy incorporation Sn<sup>4+</sup> dopants (19 wt.%) and optimized oxygen-vacancy engineering, the amorphous SE-ITO achieves an exceptional combination of low sheet resistance (10 Ω sq<sup>-1</sup>) and high visible transmittance (85%), comparable to thermally annealed crystalline ITO. When implemented as the transparent anodes in green PeLEDs, the amorphous SE-ITO films enable a peak external quantum efficiency of 17.5% and a maximum luminance of 1860 cd m<sup>-2</sup>, outperforming devices using commercial crystalline ITO (16.3%, 1690 cd m<sup>-2</sup>). These results establish fully amorphous, room-temperature SE-ITO electrodes as a viable alternative to crystalline counterparts, offering a new pathway toward flexible, high-efficiency, and thermally compatible PeLED technologies.

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Small Methods
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2026-02-15
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https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202502264
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Perovskite Materials and Applications
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Room Temperature Processed Amorphous Sn‐Excess‐ITO Electrodes for High Performance Perovskite Light‐Emitting Diodes

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Room Temperature Processed Amorphous Sn‐Excess‐ITO Electrodes for High Performance Perovskite Light‐Emitting Diodes

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Achieving high efficiency perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) requires transparent electrodes that combine low sheet resistance, high optical transmittance, and atomically smooth morphology. Conventional crystalline indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes, however, necessitate high-temperature deposition above 300°C or post-annealing, resulting in grain boundaries and rough surfaces that are incompatible with flexible substrates and low-temperature device architecture. Here, we report room-temperature processed, grain boundary-free Sn excess doped indium tin oxide (SE-ITO) electrodes fabricated via RF-RF co-sputtering of In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and SnO<sub>2</sub>. Through the heavy incorporation Sn<sup>4+</sup> dopants (19 wt.%) and optimized oxygen-vacancy engineering, the amorphous SE-ITO achieves an exceptional combination of low sheet resistance (10 Ω sq<sup>-1</sup>) and high visible transmittance (85%), comparable to thermally annealed crystalline ITO. When implemented as the transparent anodes in green PeLEDs, the amorphous SE-ITO films enable a peak external quantum efficiency of 17.5% and a maximum luminance of 1860 cd m<sup>-2</sup>, outperforming devices using commercial crystalline ITO (16.3%, 1690 cd m<sup>-2</sup>). These results establish fully amorphous, room-temperature SE-ITO electrodes as a viable alternative to crystalline counterparts, offering a new pathway toward flexible, high-efficiency, and thermally compatible PeLED technologies.

Small MethodsVol. 10(5)
Samsung (South Korea) (KR), Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
Openalex Percentile: Top 55%
Perovskite Materials and Applications
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