On the efficiency decrease of the gan light-emitting nanorod arrays

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-231

  Chen, Liang Yi ^a   Li, Chi Kang ^a   Tan, Jin Yi ^a   Huang, Li Chuan ^a   Wu, Yuh Renn ^a   Huang, Jian Jang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Light emitting diodes; nanofabrication and quantum wells; nanostructures

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GAN BASED LED; HIGH CURRENTS; LIGHT-EMITTING ARRAYS; LOW-LEVEL CURRENT; NANOROD ARRAYS; QUANTUM CONFINED STARK EFFECT; SIDEWALL PASSIVATION;

AUGERS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; GALLIUM NITRIDE; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84872822856     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2013.2237885     Document Type: Article

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