WANG Xue,LIU Naixin,WANG Bing,et al.Ohmic Contact Characteristics of AlGaN-based Deep-ultraviolet Light-emitting-diodes with NiAu Transparent Electrode[J].Chinese Journal of Luminescence,2023,44(05):898-903.
WANG Xue,LIU Naixin,WANG Bing,et al.Ohmic Contact Characteristics of AlGaN-based Deep-ultraviolet Light-emitting-diodes with NiAu Transparent Electrode[J].Chinese Journal of Luminescence,2023,44(05):898-903. DOI: 10.37188/CJL.20220385.
Ohmic Contact Characteristics of AlGaN-based Deep-ultraviolet Light-emitting-diodes with NiAu Transparent Electrode增强出版
A Ni/Au/Ni/Au transparent electrode system was deposited on the surface of p-AlGaN, and the effects of annealing temperature on the contact characteristics of Ni/Au/Ni/Au with p-AlGaN were studied by transmission line model. When the AlGaN-based deep ultraviolet LED adopted Ni/Au/Ni/Au metal system, meanwhile annealed at 600 ℃ for 3 min, the results show that p-type semiconductor material NiO can be formed in the contact interface. The metal thickness of Ni/Au/Ni/Au system was further optimized. When the Ni/Au/Ni/Au layers were thinned from 20/20/20/20 nm to 2/2/5/5 nm,with the annealing condition at 600 ℃ for 3 min, the specific contact resistivity decreased from 3.23×10
-1
Ω·cm
2
to 2.58×10
-4
Ω·cm
2
. Using the above optimized Ni/Au/Ni/Au system into LED chip process, the photoelectric characteristics of the LED device can be improved drastically. The operating voltage was reduced to 5.8 V at 150 mA, as the increase of the electrode transmittance, the optical output power was increased by 18.9% at the same current.
关键词
UV-LEDAlGaNNiAu欧姆接触
Keywords
UV-LEDAlGaN, NiAuOhmic contact
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