Enhancement of light output power in GaN-based light-emitting diodes using hydrothermally grown ZnO micro-walls

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 10597-10604

  Jeong, Hyun ^a,c   Kim, Yong Hwan ^b   Seo, Tae Hoon ^c   Lee, Hong Seok ^a   Kim, Jun Sung ^d   Suh, Eun Kyung ^c   Jeong, Mun Seok ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Biterials Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

CONFOCAL SCANNING; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; GAN BASED LED; GAN-BASED LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMALLY; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LED STRUCTURE; LIGHT OUTPUT POWER; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; WAVE-GUIDING EFFECTS; ZNO;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

GALLIUM; GALLIUM NITRIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GALLIUM; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84861165891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.010597     Document Type: Article

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