Using a compositionally step graded hole reservoir layer with hole accelerating ability for reducing efficiency droop in GaN-based LEDs

We presented a compositionally graded hole reservoir layers(HRL) - an AlGaN/GaN super lattice hole reservoir layer with Al mole fraction multi-step gradient from high to low (GSL-HRL) in this paper. The designed LED with compositionally step graded HRL shows comparable low operating voltage and less...

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Veröffentlicht in:AIP advances 2017-05, Vol.7 (5), p.055016-055016-6
Hauptverfasser: Ye, Daqian, Zhang, Dongyan, Wu, Chaoyu, Wang, Duxiang, Xu, Chenke, Zhang, Jie, Huang, Meichun
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Zusammenfassung:We presented a compositionally graded hole reservoir layers(HRL) - an AlGaN/GaN super lattice hole reservoir layer with Al mole fraction multi-step gradient from high to low (GSL-HRL) in this paper. The designed LED with compositionally step graded HRL shows comparable low operating voltage and less efficiency droop. Simulation results reveal that this graded HRL could reserve the hole effectively and the hole in HRL can be energized by the strong electric field due to the polarization caused by different Al contents AlxGa1-xN layers. Such a design makes hole travel across the p-type EBL and inject into the MQWs more efficiently and smoothly. The novel structure of HRL improves the performance of the LED significantly and gives a promising application in high power GaN-based LED in the future.
ISSN:2158-3226
2158-3226
DOI:10.1063/1.4984029