ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
November 2024
Due to the advantages of ultrawide bandgap, chemical stability, self-powered, and low cost, gallium oxide (GaO) based photodetectors (PDs) are considered as one of the most promising solar-blind ultraviolet PDs, having garnered significant attention in fields such as missile warning and flame arc detection. High selective ratios and excellent responsivity are important to reduce the false alarm rate in solar-blind detection. However, due to the lack of p-type GaO, existing GaO-based PN PDs utilized heterostructures with narrower bandgap p-type semiconductors (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlGaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) operating in the deep-ultraviolet (DUV) spectral range (210-280 nm) have demonstrated potential applications in physical sterilization. However, the poor external quantum efficiency (EQE) hinders further advances in the emission performance of AlGaN-based DUV LEDs. Here, we demonstrate the performance of 270-nm AlGaN-based DUV LEDs beyond the state-of-the-art by exploiting the innovative combination of bandgap engineering and device craft.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present an erratum to our Letter [Opt. Lett.49, 2049 (2024)10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHere, we propose a sandwich-like Si-doping scheme (undoped/Si-doped/undoped) in AlGaN quantum barriers (QBs) to simultaneously promote the optoelectronic performances and reliability of deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (DUV-LEDs). Through experimental and numerical analyses, in the case of DUV-LEDs with conventional uniform Si-doping QB structure, severe operation-induced reliability degradation, including the increase of reverse leakage current (IR) and reduction of light output power (LOP), will offset the enhancement of optoelectronic performances as the Si-doping levels increase to an extent, which hinders further development of DUV-LEDs. According to a transmission electron microscope characterization and a numerical simulation, an improved interfacial quality in multiple quantum wells (MQWs) and more uniform carrier distribution within MQWs are demonstrated for our proposed Si-doping structure in comparison to the uniform Si-doping structure.
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