Localized surface plasmon-enhanced transparent conducting electrode for high-efficiency light emitting diode

Abstract Metal-nanowire such as silver nanowire (AgNW) is widely studied as a promising candidate for replacement of indium-tin-oxide (ITO)-based transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs) in LEDs. However, the efficiency of LEDs with metal nanowire is inferior to that of LEDs with ITO due to high contact resistance, low current spreading and high absorption in visible range. To solve these problems, we demonstrate localized surface plasmon Ag NW + nanoparticle (NP)-based TCEs where internal quantum efficiency (IQE) is improved by quantum well (QW)-LSP coupling and light extraction efficiency (LEE) is enhanced by NPs working as leak mode and scattering center.