High-performance nanowire ultraviolet light-emitting diodes with potassium hydroxide and ammonium sulfide surface passivation

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-20-2020

Abstract

Potassium hydroxide (KOH) and ammonium sulfide (NH4)2Sx have been used as a surface passivation treatment to improve the electrical and optical performance of AlGaN nanowire ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Enhancements in photoluminescence at 335 nm (49%), optical output power (65%), and electroluminescence (83%), with respect to the as-grown nanowire LED are recorded for the AlGaN nanowire UV LEDs with surface passivation. These enhancements are attributed to the reduced nonradiative recombination on the nanowire surfaces. This study provides a potential surface passivation approach to produce high-power AlGaN nanowire LEDs operating in the UV spectrum.

Identifier

85090749726 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Applied Optics

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.400877

e-ISSN

21553165

ISSN

1559128X

PubMed ID

32902502

First Page

7352

Last Page

7356

Issue

24

Volume

59

Grant

1944312

Fund Ref

National Science Foundation

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