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Color-Tunable 3D InGaN/GaN Multi-Quantum-Well Light-Emitting-Diode Based on Microfacet Emission and Programmable Driving Power Supply

Journal

ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages -

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202001400

Keywords

color‐ tunable LEDs; light‐ emitting diodes; microstructures; 3D growth; white light

Funding

  1. National Key Research and Development Program [2018YFB0406702]
  2. S&T Challenging Project [2016003]
  3. National Natural Science Foundation of China [61974080, 61822404]
  4. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M640129]
  5. Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology [BNR2019ZS01005, BNR2019RC01006]
  6. Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program [20193080004]
  7. German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Research Instrumentation Program [INST272/148-1]
  8. German Research Foundation (DFG) within Collaborative Research Center Semiconductor Nanophotonics: Materials, Models, Devices [SFB 787]

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This study reports color-tunable InGaN/GaN multi-quantum-well light-emitting diodes based on GaN microfacet structure, with emission wavelength and intensity tunable by injection current. The EL behavior is attributed to locally different facets of the complex 3D structure, while a programmable power supply is designed to drive the LED and achieve specific color tuning. Furthermore, white LEDs with high CRI up to 96.1 and CCT between 4000 and 10000K are achieved.
Color-tunable InGaN/GaN multi-quantum-well (MQW) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are reported based on GaN microfacet structure directly grown on c-plane patterned sapphire substrate by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) through promoting 3D growth. By adjusting GaN growth temperature and pattern arrangement, a GaN microfacet with almost pure {101 over bar 1} semipolar facets is obtained. The multifacetted InGaN/GaN MQW LED chip evolves three distinct emission peaks around 630, 530, and 450 nm in electroluminescence (EL) as injection current increases from 1 to 100 mA. The EL behavior originates from locally different facets of the complex 3D structure: MQWs grown on c-planes and semipolar facets, respectively, which is confirmed by cathodoluminescence characterization in a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM-CL). Considering the dependence of emission wavelength and intensity on injection currents, a programmable power supply is designed to drive the LED. The specific color of the LED is tuned by time-shared driving of the currents based on three channels with controllable magnitudes and duty cycle from the power supply, covering red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. Furthermore, white LEDs with high color rendering index (CRI) up to 96.1 and correlated color temperature (CCT) between 4000 and 10 000 K are achieved.

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