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PHOTONICS AND NANOSTRUCTURES-FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages 9-15Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2015.07.001
Keywords
Light extraction efficiency (LEE); Light-emitting diodes (LEDs); ZnO nanotubes; Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD)
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61077043, 61475084, 61327808]
- National Basic Program of China (973 program) [2009CB930503, 2009CB930501]
- Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University [2014JC032]
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Although ZnO nanotubes are emerging as a very promising approach for getting high-brightness light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the light extraction behavior of ZnO nanotubes LEDs has not been reported in detail previously. In this paper, numerical simulations based on finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method were carried out to investigate the mechanisms through which ZnO nanotube arrays could effectively improve the light extraction efficiency (LEE). The effects of several parameters, including the inner radius, wall thickness, height and period of ZnO nanotubes on improving the LEE were studied. Furthermore, the LEE over the whole visible spectrum has also been investigated, two strong peaks and broadband visible spectrum has been demonstrated. An optimization of ZnO nanotubes geometries with respect to the optical properties has been presented. With the optimized structure, more than four times enhancement of LEE has been achieved. This enhancement is related to the wave-guiding and optical properties of ZnO nanotubes. The optimized structure presented here can be expected as a promising candidate for high efficiency LEDs. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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