Enhancement of Trap-Assisted Green Electroluminescence Efficiency in ZnO/SiO2/Si Nanowire Light-Emitting Diodes on Bendable Substrates by Piezophototronic Effect

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2764-2773

  Kim, Kwangeun ^a,b   Jeon, Youngin ^a   Cho, Kyoungah ^a   Kim, Sangsig ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

finite difference time domain; finite element method; nanowire; piezoelectronics; piezophototronics; trap assisted electroluminescence; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT; NANOWIRES; SUBSTRATES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VACANCIES; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

GREEN ELECTROLUMINESCENCES; INTERSTITIAL OXYGEN; NANOWIRE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PIEZO-ELECTRIC FIELDS; PIEZO-PHOTOTRONIC EFFECTS; PIEZOELECTRONICS; PIEZOPHOTOTRONICS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84957928461     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11053     Document Type: Article

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