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Title: High Temperature and Power Dependent Photoluminescence Analysis on Commercial Lighting and Display LED Materials for Future Power Electronic Modules

Abstract

Commercial light emitting diode (LED) materials - blue (i.e., InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) for display and lighting), green (i.e., InGaN/GaN MQWs for display), and red (i.e., Al0.05Ga0.45In0.5P/Al0.4Ga0.1In0.5P for display) are evaluated in range of temperature (77–800) K for future applications in high density power electronic modules. The spontaneous emission quantum efficiency (QE) of blue, green, and red LED materials with different wavelengths was calculated using photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The spontaneous emission QE was obtained based on a known model so-called the ABC model. This model has been recently used extensively to calculate the internal quantum efficiency and its droop in the III-nitride LED. At 800 K, the spontaneous emission quantum efficiencies are around 40% for blue for lighting and blue for display LED materials, and it is about 44.5% for green for display LED materials. The spontaneous emission QE is approximately 30% for red for display LED material at 800 K. The advance reported in this paper evidences the possibility of improving high temperature optocouplers with an operating temperature of 500 K and above.

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  1. Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK (United States)
  2. HC SemiTek, Zhangjing, Jiangsu (China)
  3. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  4. Arizona State Univ., Phoenix, AZ (United States)
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Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1595022
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1657484
Report Number(s):
SAND-2019-14869J
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322; 682353
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000; SC0016485; NA0003525
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Electronic devices; Photonic devices

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Sabbar, Abbas, Madhusoodhanan, Syam, Al-Kabi, Sattar, Dong, Binzhong, Wang, Jiangbo, Atcitty, Stanley, Kaplar, Robert, Ding, Ding, Mantooth, Alan, Yu, Shui-Qing, and Chen, Zhong. High Temperature and Power Dependent Photoluminescence Analysis on Commercial Lighting and Display LED Materials for Future Power Electronic Modules. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52126-4.
Sabbar, Abbas, Madhusoodhanan, Syam, Al-Kabi, Sattar, Dong, Binzhong, Wang, Jiangbo, Atcitty, Stanley, Kaplar, Robert, Ding, Ding, Mantooth, Alan, Yu, Shui-Qing, & Chen, Zhong. High Temperature and Power Dependent Photoluminescence Analysis on Commercial Lighting and Display LED Materials for Future Power Electronic Modules. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52126-4
Sabbar, Abbas, Madhusoodhanan, Syam, Al-Kabi, Sattar, Dong, Binzhong, Wang, Jiangbo, Atcitty, Stanley, Kaplar, Robert, Ding, Ding, Mantooth, Alan, Yu, Shui-Qing, and Chen, Zhong. Thu . "High Temperature and Power Dependent Photoluminescence Analysis on Commercial Lighting and Display LED Materials for Future Power Electronic Modules". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52126-4. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1595022.
@article{osti_1595022,
title = {High Temperature and Power Dependent Photoluminescence Analysis on Commercial Lighting and Display LED Materials for Future Power Electronic Modules},
author = {Sabbar, Abbas and Madhusoodhanan, Syam and Al-Kabi, Sattar and Dong, Binzhong and Wang, Jiangbo and Atcitty, Stanley and Kaplar, Robert and Ding, Ding and Mantooth, Alan and Yu, Shui-Qing and Chen, Zhong},
abstractNote = {Commercial light emitting diode (LED) materials - blue (i.e., InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) for display and lighting), green (i.e., InGaN/GaN MQWs for display), and red (i.e., Al0.05Ga0.45In0.5P/Al0.4Ga0.1In0.5P for display) are evaluated in range of temperature (77–800) K for future applications in high density power electronic modules. The spontaneous emission quantum efficiency (QE) of blue, green, and red LED materials with different wavelengths was calculated using photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The spontaneous emission QE was obtained based on a known model so-called the ABC model. This model has been recently used extensively to calculate the internal quantum efficiency and its droop in the III-nitride LED. At 800 K, the spontaneous emission quantum efficiencies are around 40% for blue for lighting and blue for display LED materials, and it is about 44.5% for green for display LED materials. The spontaneous emission QE is approximately 30% for red for display LED material at 800 K. The advance reported in this paper evidences the possibility of improving high temperature optocouplers with an operating temperature of 500 K and above.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-019-52126-4},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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