SU Shi-Chen, LV You-Ming. Ultraviolet Electroluminescence of ZnMgO/n-ZnO/ZnMgO/p-GaN Heterojunction Light Emitting Diode[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2011,32(8): 821-824
SU Shi-Chen, LV You-Ming. Ultraviolet Electroluminescence of ZnMgO/n-ZnO/ZnMgO/p-GaN Heterojunction Light Emitting Diode[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2011,32(8): 821-824 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20113208.0821.
Ultraviolet Electroluminescence of ZnMgO/n-ZnO/ZnMgO/p-GaN Heterojunction Light Emitting Diode
The ZnMgO/n-ZnO/ZnMgO/p-GaN heterojunction LED was fabricated by plasmas assistant molecular beam epitaxy (P-MBE) on GaN substrate. Ni/Au contact to the p-GaN layer and In contact to the n-ZnMgO showed a good ohmic contact behavior. This heterojunction showed a good diode rectifying behaviors with turn-on voltage of 2~3 eV. The EL spectra consist of a strong peak at 370 nm and a weaker broad band centered at 430 nm under the forward current at 20 mA. It concluded the 370 nm emission belong to ZnO free exciton recombination
and the 430 nm emission to the defect of GaN substrates by comparing with the PL spectra of ZnO and GaN. By observing the ZnO free exciton emission in ZnMgO/n-ZnO/ ZnMgO/p-GaN
the heterojunctions could be attributed to the double heterojunction structures. The double heterojunctions could block the electrons of ZnO from passing across the ZnMgO layer and entering into the GaN layer. As for holes
the barrier height that hinders the holes in p-GaN from entering into the ZnO is much smaller.
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