Light-emitting
diode (100, 200) with several
quantum dots (10), having the light-emitting
diode (100, 200): a first
electrode (110, 210) and a second
electrode (120, 220); an emitting material layer (150, 250); an
electron transfer layer (164, 244); and a hole transfer layer (144, 264), wherein the emitting material layer (150, 250) is arranged between the
electron transfer layer (164, 244) and the hole transfer layer (144, 264) and the emitting material layer (150, 250) has the
quantum dots (10), where the
quantum dots exhibit (10): a
semiconductor nanocrystal or
metal oxide core (20); a shell (30) covering the
semiconductor nanocrystal or
metal oxide core (20), wherein the shell (30) has an outer surface; an X-type ligand (42) having a functional group selected from the group consisting of a
carboxylate group, a
phosphate group and a thiolate group, which is bonded to a first region of the outer surface; and an L-type ligand (44) having a functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, a
thiol group, a
phosphine group and a
phosphine oxide group, which is bonded to a second region of the outer surface, wherein the X-type ligand (42) is bound to the first region of the outer surface by a negatively charged functional group, and the L-type ligand (44) is bound to the second region of the outer surface by an undivided
electron pair, wherein a multitude of the first regions of the outer surfaces of the quantum dots (10) are proximal to the hole transfer layer (144, 264) and distal to the
electron transfer layer (164, 244), wherein a multitude of the second regions of the outer surfaces of the quantum dots (10) are proximal to the
electron transfer layer (164, 244) and distal to the hole transfer layer (144, 264), and where the outer surface is spherical and the first area is a first hemisphere and the second area is a second hemisphere.