Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 21, 2125001(2022)

Effect of Electrostatic Field Inversion in (101¯1)-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
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi , China
  • 2Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030032, Shanxi , China
  • 3Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi′an710021, Shaanxi , China
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    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¯1) 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¯1)-plane InGaN/GaN multi-quantum-well blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) demonstrates that LEDs grown on the semi-polar (101¯1) plane can elevate the effective blocking barrier of the quantum barrier and suppress electron leakage. Moreover, the (101¯1) plane greatly reduces the hole injection barrier, promotes the even distribution of carriers, and reduces Auger recombination probability. Finally, the efficiency droop in (101¯1)-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¯1)-plane InGaN quantum well is an important reason for its excellent photoelectric properties.

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    Ruimei Yin, Wei Jia, Hailiang Dong, Zhigang Jia, Tianbao Li, Chunyan Yu, Zhuxia Zhang, Bingshe Xu. Effect of Electrostatic Field Inversion in (101¯1)-Plane InGaN Quantum Wells on Photoelectric Properties of Blue Light-Emitting Diodes[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(21): 2125001

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    Paper Information

    Category: OPTOELECTRONICS

    Received: Mar. 16, 2022

    Accepted: May. 23, 2022

    Published Online: Nov. 4, 2022

    The Author Email: Jia Wei (jiawei@tyut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.2125001

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