Performance of InGaN/GaN Light Emitting Diodes with n-GaN Layer Embedded with SiO2 Nano-Particles
- Authors
- Yom, Hong-Seo; Yang, Jin-Kyu; Polyakov, Alexander Y.; Lee, In-Hwan
- Issue Date
- 9월-2018
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- nano-pillars; nano-particles; light extraction efficiency; internal quantum efficiency; finite-difference time-domain method
- Citation
- APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, v.8, no.9
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
- Volume
- 8
- Number
- 9
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/73654
- DOI
- 10.3390/app8091574
- ISSN
- 2076-3417
- Abstract
- We demonstrate high-performance InGaN/GaN blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) embedded with an air-void layer produced by a dry-etch of nano-pillars in an n-GaN layer grown on patterned sapphire substrate (PSS), filling the space between nano-pillars with SiO2 nano-particles (NPs) and subsequent epitaxial overgrowth. The structure exhibits enhanced output power compared to similarly grown reference conventional LED without the air-void layer. This change in growth procedure contributes to the increase of internal quantum efficiency (IQE) and light extraction efficiency (LEE) resulting in a 13.5% increase of light output. LEE is 2 times more affected than IQE in the modified structure. Simulation demonstrates that the main effect causing the LEE changes is due to the emitted light being confined within the upper space above the air-void layer and thus enhancing the light scattering by the SiO2 NPs and preferential light via front surface.
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