TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhanced hole concentration in strain-compensated BAlN/AlGaN superlattice for deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes
AU - Gu, Wen
AU - Lu, Yi
AU - Liu, Zhiyuan
AU - Liao, Che-Hao
AU - Yan, Jianchang
AU - Wang, Junxi
AU - Li, Jinmin
AU - Li, Xiaohang
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2022-01-06
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): BAS/1/1664-01-01, REP/1/3189-01-01, URF/1/3437-01-01, URF/1/3771-01-01
Acknowledgements: The KAUST authors acknowledge the support of KAUST Baseline Fund BAS/1/1664-01-01, GCC Research Council Grant REP/1/3189-01-01, and Competitive Research Grants URF/1/3437-01-01 and URF/1/3771-01-01. The authors of Institute of Semiconductors acknowledge the support of the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2016YFB0400800), the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62022080, 61904176), Beijing Nova Program Z181100006218007, Shanxi Key R&D Program 20201102013.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - The hole concentration in the strain-compensated B0.14Al0.86N/Al0.5Ga0.5N superlattice (SCSL) is investigated. Compared with the Al0.6Ga0.4N/Al0.5Ga0.5N SL, the effective hole concentration in the SCSL could be improved from 1.1 × 1017 cm−3 to 8.7 × 1018 cm−3 due to the remarkably enlarged valence band bending from 53 meV to 533 meV. We then propose the ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV LED) structure emitting at 284 nm with the SCSL p-region. Compared with the bulk p-region structure, the UV LED with the SCSL p-region shows improved output characteristics due to the reduced electron leakage and improved hole injection ability. The internal quantum efficiency (IQE) and droop ratio of the SCSL LED structure increases from 49.5% to 54.1% and decreases from 36.8% to 13.6%, respectively. Moreover, the light output powers of the Al0.6Ga0.4N/Al0.5Ga0.5N SL structure and SCSL structure have been improved by 16.3% and 49.1% over the bulk p-region counterpart. Our results indicate that the SCSL structure can be a promising candidate for the high-performance UV LED.
AB - The hole concentration in the strain-compensated B0.14Al0.86N/Al0.5Ga0.5N superlattice (SCSL) is investigated. Compared with the Al0.6Ga0.4N/Al0.5Ga0.5N SL, the effective hole concentration in the SCSL could be improved from 1.1 × 1017 cm−3 to 8.7 × 1018 cm−3 due to the remarkably enlarged valence band bending from 53 meV to 533 meV. We then propose the ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV LED) structure emitting at 284 nm with the SCSL p-region. Compared with the bulk p-region structure, the UV LED with the SCSL p-region shows improved output characteristics due to the reduced electron leakage and improved hole injection ability. The internal quantum efficiency (IQE) and droop ratio of the SCSL LED structure increases from 49.5% to 54.1% and decreases from 36.8% to 13.6%, respectively. Moreover, the light output powers of the Al0.6Ga0.4N/Al0.5Ga0.5N SL structure and SCSL structure have been improved by 16.3% and 49.1% over the bulk p-region counterpart. Our results indicate that the SCSL structure can be a promising candidate for the high-performance UV LED.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/674885
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0749603621003293
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121818221&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107128
DO - 10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107128
M3 - Article
SN - 1096-3677
SP - 107128
JO - Superlattices and Microstructures
JF - Superlattices and Microstructures
ER -