Stable temperature characteristics and suppression of efficiency droop in InGaN green light-emitting diodes using pre-TMIn flow treatment

Ya Ju Lee; Yi Ching Chen; Chia Jung Lee; Chun Mao Cheng; Shih Wei Chen; Tien Chang Lu

doi:10.1109/LPT.2010.2053530

Stable temperature characteristics and suppression of efficiency droop in InGaN green light-emitting diodes using pre-TMIn flow treatment

Ya Ju Lee^*, Yi Ching Chen, Chia Jung Lee, Chun Mao Cheng, Shih Wei Chen, Tien Chang Lu

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Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering

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Abstract

We present experimental results on the improved performance and high stable temperature characteristics of the InGaN green light-emitting diode (LED) with pre-trimethlyindium (pre-TMIn) flow treatment. By using pre-TMIn flow treatment, a relatively large radiative coefficient (B = 3.34 × 10^-11 cm³ · s^-1) corresponding to a 9.2% enhancement in the internal quantum efficiency, as well as a significant reduction of leakage paths for injected carriers, was obtained. Most important, the pre-TMIn flow treatment evidently reduces the dependence of the external quantum efficiency on temperature and efficiency droop of green LEDs. The improvement is thought to be attributable to the preferential formation of In-rich dots upon pre-TMIn flow treatment, which effectively suppresses the trapping of excitons by threading dislocations and the overflowing of injected carriers outside the active regions at elevated temperatures.

Original language	English
Article number	5491070
Pages (from-to)	1279-1281
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	22
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2010.2053530
Publication status	Published - 2010

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Efficiency-droop
light-emitting diode

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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