Analysis of InGaN light-emitting diodes with GaN-AlGaN and AlGaN-GaN composition-graded barriers
- Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083 (China)
The effects of InGaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with Al composition increasing and decreasing GaN-AlGaN barriers along the growth direction are studied numerically. Simulation results suggest that the LEDs with GaN-AlGaN composition-decreased barriers show more significant enhancement of light-output power and internal quantum efficiency than LEDs with composition-increasing GaN-AlGaN barriers when compared with the conventional LED with GaN barriers, due to the improvement in hole injection efficiency and electron blocking capability. Moreover, the optical performance is further improved by replacing GaN-AlGaN barriers with AlGaN-GaN barriers of the same Al composition-decreasing range, which are mainly attributed to the modified band diagrams. In addition, the major causes of the different efficiency droop behaviors for all the designed structures are explained by the electron leakage current and the different increase rates of hole concentration with injection current.
- OSTI ID:
- 22303978
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 23; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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