Efficiency degradation induced by surface defects-assisted tunneling recombination in GaN/InGaN micro-light-emitting diodes

Two GaN/InGaN micro-light-emitting diodes (micro-LEDs) grown on the same substrate with mesa sizes of 20 μm and 100 μm are measured from 100 K to 300 K to investigate the role that surface defects play in device efficiency. The experimental results show that the surface defect-assisted tunneling pro...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 2021-01, Vol.118 (2)
Hauptverfasser: Yin, Jian, Fathi, Ehsanollah, Siboni, Hossein Zamani, Xu, Chao, Ban, Dayan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Two GaN/InGaN micro-light-emitting diodes (micro-LEDs) grown on the same substrate with mesa sizes of 20 μm and 100 μm are measured from 100 K to 300 K to investigate the role that surface defects play in device efficiency. The experimental results show that the surface defect-assisted tunneling process dominates the nonradiative recombination of GaN/InGaN micro-LEDs at 100 K, while the surface defect-assisted Shockley–Read–Hall recombination becomes dominant at room temperature. The temperature- and voltage-dependent tunneling current for both devices is calculated, which shows that the surface defect-assisted tunneling process is one of the major nonradiative recombination mechanisms in GaN/InGaN micro-LEDs with smaller mesa sizes at room temperature. A few potential approaches are proposed to suppress this surface defect-assisted tunneling recombination. The revised external quantum efficiency model is proposed to include the tunneling recombination effect and study the efficiency performance of GaN/InGaN micro-LEDs.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/5.0033703