Current injection efficiency induced efficiency-droop in InGaN quantum well light-emitting diodes

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1119-1124

  Zhao, Hongping ^a   Liu, Guangyu ^a   Arif, Ronald A ^a   Tansu, Nelson ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency droop; III Nitride; InGaN QWs; Light emitting diodes

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; BARRIER SYSTEMS; CURRENT INJECTION EFFICIENCY; DIFFUSION CARRIERS; III-NITRIDE; INGAN QUANTUM WELLS; INGAN QW; INGAN QWS; INJECTION CURRENT DENSITY; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ON CURRENTS; SINGLE QUANTUM WELL; THIN LAYERS;

CURRENT DENSITY; DIODES; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THERMIONIC EMISSION;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77955415098     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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