A method for fabricating a quantum dot light emitting device, comprising (a) forming an electron transport layer on a substrate, (b) coating a polymer having amine groups on the electron transport layer to form a polymer layer, and (c) coating quantum dots on the polymer layer to form a quantum dot light emitting layer,
- wherein the quantum dots have surface oleic acid ligands,
- wherein at least part of the quantum dot surface oleic acid ligands in contact with the polymer layer having the amine groups in step (c) are ligand-substituted with said amine groups,
- wherein said polymer is a dendrimer,
- wherein said dendrimer is a generation 3 or 4 dendrimer,
- wherein said amine groups are positioned at branch terminus of the dendrimer,
- and
- wherein the quantum dots are bonded to said amine groups of the dendrimer by ligand substitution.