Improved heat dissipation in gallium nitride light-emitting diodes with embedded graphene oxide pattern

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Han, Nam ^a   Cuong, Tran Viet ^b   Han, Min ^a   Ryu, Beo Deul ^a   Chandramohan, S ^a   Park, Jong Bae ^c   Kang, Ji Hye ^a   Park, Young Jae ^a   Ko, Kang Bok ^a   Kim, Hee Yun ^a   Kim, Hyun Kyu ^a   Ryu, Jae Hyoung ^a,d   Katharria, Y S ^a   Choi, Chel Jong ^a   Hong, Chang Hee ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^d Jeonbuk Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; GALLIUM NITRIDE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISSIPATION; HEAT BALANCE; HEATING; LIGHT EFFECT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEATING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PROCESS DESIGN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84874602680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2448     Document Type: Article

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