High-performance electron-blocking-layer-free deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes implementing a strip-in-a-barrier structure

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-15-2020

Abstract

In this Letter, the electron-blocking-layer (EBL)-free AlGaN ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using a strip-in-a-barrier structure have been proposed. The quantum barrier (QB) structures are systematically engineered by integrating a 1 nm intrinsic AlxGa(1−x)N strip into the middle of QBs. The resulted structures exhibit significantly reduced electron leakage and improved hole injection into the active region, thus generating higher carrier radiative recombination. Our study shows that the proposed structure improves radiative recombination by ∼220%, reduces electron leakage by ∼11 times, and enhances optical power by ∼225% at 60 mA current injection compared to a conventional AlGaN EBL LED structure. Moreover, the EBL-free strip-in-a-barrier UV LED records the maximum internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of ∼61.5% which is ∼72% higher, and IQE droop is ∼12.4%, which is ∼333% less compared to the conventional AlGaN EBL LED structure at ∼284.5 nm wavelength. Hence, the proposed EBL-free AlGaN LED is the potential solution to enhance the optical power and produce highly efficient UV emitters.

Identifier

85091054762 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Optics Letters

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.400917

e-ISSN

15394794

ISSN

01469592

PubMed ID

32932468

First Page

5125

Last Page

5128

Issue

18

Volume

45

Grant

103.03-2017.312

Fund Ref

National Science Foundation

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