GaN-based ultraviolet light-emitting diodes with AuCl3-doped graphene electrodes

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 29025-29030

  Kim, Byung Jae ^a   Yang, Gwangseok ^a   Kim, Hong Yeol ^a   Baik, Kwang Hyeon ^b   Mastro, Michael A ^c   Hite, Jennifer K ^c   Eddy Jr , Charles R ^c   Ren, Fan ^d   Pearton, Stephen J ^d   Kim, Jihyun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE IMAGES; EMISSION PEAKS; FORWARD CURRENTS; GRAPHENE ELECTRODES; MICRO-RAMAN SCATTERING; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES; ULTRA-VIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES;

GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; OPACITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEET RESISTANCE;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84888242540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.029025     Document Type: Article

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