Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 21, 2125001(2022)
Effect of Electrostatic Field Inversion in (101)-Plane InGaN Quantum Wells on Photoelectric Properties of Blue Light-Emitting Diodes
Ruimei Yin1, Wei Jia1,2、*, Hailiang Dong1, Zhigang Jia1, Tianbao Li1, Chunyan Yu1, Zhuxia Zhang1, and Bingshe Xu1,2,3
Author Affiliations
1Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi , China2Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030032, Shanxi , China3Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi′an710021, Shaanxi , Chinashow less
In this paper, polarization intensity as a function of crystallographic orientation is studied by the InGaN/GaN single quantum well model. The results reveal that the polarization electric field inversion in the semi-polar (101) quantum well leads to upward bending of the energy band, and the electron wave function in the quantum well is close to the n-side, which is likely to successfully suppress electron leakage. The simulation of the epitaxial structure of (101)-plane InGaN/GaN multi-quantum-well blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) demonstrates that LEDs grown on the semi-polar (101) plane can elevate the effective blocking barrier of the quantum barrier and suppress electron leakage. Moreover, the (101) plane greatly reduces the hole injection barrier, promotes the even distribution of carriers, and reduces Auger recombination probability. Finally, the efficiency droop in (101)-plane GaN-based LEDs is drastically reduced to 9% at the current density of 300 A/cm2 compared with 42% efficiency droop in the (0001) plane, and electroluminescence intensity is increased by 48%. The electrostatic field inversion of the (101)-plane InGaN quantum well is an important reason for its excellent photoelectric properties.