LIAO Fang, MO Chun-lan, WANG Xiao-lan, et al. Growth Rate of Quantum Barrier on Performance of InGaN-based Green LEDs. [J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence 41(4):429-434(2020)
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LIAO Fang, MO Chun-lan, WANG Xiao-lan, et al. Growth Rate of Quantum Barrier on Performance of InGaN-based Green LEDs. [J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence 41(4):429-434(2020) DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20204104.0429.
Growth Rate of Quantum Barrier on Performance of InGaN-based Green LEDs
InGaN/GaN green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) were grown on patterned silicon (111) substrate by metal-organic vapor deposition (MOCVD) method. During the growth process of GaN quantum barrier (QB), the ammonia flow rate was kept constant and the barrier growth rate was reduced by adjusting the three ethyl gallium(TEGa) flow rate. The effect of quantum barrier growth rate on the LED performance has been investigated. It is found that the external quantum efficiency (EQE) increases obviously in the whole range of test current density when the barrier growth rate is reduced. It suggests that the improvement of EQE at low current density can be attributed to the better crystal quality of quantum well and the increase of EQE at high current density is due to the steeper interface between quantum barrier and quantum well.
关键词
绿光LED量子垒生长速率外量子效率
Keywords
green LEDquantum barriergrowth rateexternal quantum efficiency(EQE)
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