Efficiency improvement of green light-emitting diodes by employing all-quaternary active region and electron-blocking layer

Abstract High efficiency of green GaAlInN-based light-emitting diode (LED) has been proposed with peak emission wavelength of ∼510 nm. By introducing quaternary quantum well (QW) along with the quaternary barrier (QB) and quaternary electron blocking layer (EBL) in a single structure, an efficiency droop reduction of up to 29% has been achieved in comparison to the conventional GaN-based LED. The proposed structure has significantly reduced electrostatic field in the active region. As a result, carrier leakage has been minimized and spontaneous emission rate has been doubled.

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