Low-voltage blue light emission from n-ZnO/p-GaN heterojunction formed by RF magnetron sputtering method

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 345-348

  Shen, Yanwei ^a   Chen, Xiang ^a   Yan, Xiaoqin ^a   Yi, Fang ^a   Bai, Zhiming ^a   Zheng, Xin ^a   Lin, Pei ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence; RF magnetron sputtering; ZnO film; ZnO GaN heterojunction

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; RF MAGNETRON SPUTTERING METHOD; RF-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; ZNO; ZNO FILMS;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; EPITAXIAL FILMS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ZINC OXIDE;

GALLIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 84891765243     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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