• Chinese Physics B
  • Vol. 29, Issue 8, (2020)
Quan-Jiang Lv, Yi-Hong Zhang, Chang-Da Zheng, Jiang-Dong Gao, Jian-Li Zhang, and Jun-Lin Liu
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  • National Institute of LED on Silicon Substrate, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330096, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab96a2 Cite this Article
    Quan-Jiang Lv, Yi-Hong Zhang, Chang-Da Zheng, Jiang-Dong Gao, Jian-Li Zhang, Jun-Lin Liu. Analysis of stress-induced inhomogeneous electroluminescence in GaN-based green LEDs grown on mesh-patterned Si (111) substrates with n-type AlGaN layer[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(8): Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Inhomogeneous electroluminescence (EL) of InGaN green LEDs grown on mesh-patterned Si (111) substrate had been investigated. Sample with n-AlGaN inserted between the pre-strained layers and the first quantum well showed the inhomogeneous EL in the low current density range. Near-field EL emission intensity distribution images depicted that inhomogeneity in the form of premature turn-on at the periphery of the LED chip, results in stronger emission intensity at the edges. This premature turn-on effect significantly reduces the luminous efficacy and higher ideality factor value due to locally current crowding effect. Raman measurement and fluorescence microscopy results indicated that the partially relaxed in-plane stress at the edge of the window region acts as a parasitic diode with a smaller energy band gap, which is a source of edge emission. Numerical simulations showd that the tilted triangular n-AlGaN functions like a forward-biased Schottky diode, which not only impedes carrier transport, but also contributes a certain ideality factor.
    Quan-Jiang Lv, Yi-Hong Zhang, Chang-Da Zheng, Jiang-Dong Gao, Jian-Li Zhang, Jun-Lin Liu. Analysis of stress-induced inhomogeneous electroluminescence in GaN-based green LEDs grown on mesh-patterned Si (111) substrates with n-type AlGaN layer[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(8):
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