A light-emitting device incorporates an electrode that includes conductive nanoparticles to increase emission performance. A light-emitting device includes a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate between a viewing side of the light-emitting device and the substrate; a second electrode disposed between the first electrode and the viewing side of the light-emitting device, wherein the second electrode includes a layer of nanoparticles that are electrically conductive; and an emissive layer comprising quantum nanoparticles in electrical contact with the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first emissive layer includes a material that emits light when electrically excited. Multiple light-emitting devices may constitute sub-pixels that are combined into a pixel, such as for a display device, wherein each sub-pixel emits light of a different color. Thicknesses of the charge transport layers are the same for the sub-pixels, and/or emissive layer portions of the different sub-pixels have different thicknesses.