期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 8, 期 8, 页码 5453-5457出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b12127
关键词
light-emitting diodes; ultraviolet; indium-tin-oxide; metal-deposition; transmittance
资金
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant - Korean Government [2011-0028769]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2011-0028769] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
We report performance improvements in near ultraviolet (NUV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using various metal-doped indium tin oxide (ITO/metals). Metals with an Orbital energy gap greater than that of an In atom (e.g., Ti, Ga, Ge, and Al) are deposited on ITO, and subsequent annealing is performed to improve optical transmittance of ITO due to effective bandgap increase via the linear combination of atomic orbitals, as well as electrical conductivity; thus, current spreading via metal-doping effect at the surface of ITO. As a result, the ITO/metals (annealed at 550 degrees C, 1: min) exhibit 90.5-94.7% transmittance at 385 nm and a specific contact resistance of 2.1-3.0 x 10(-3) Omega cm(2), whereas the reference ITOs exhibit 76.5-89.5% and 3.2-4.5 x 10(-3) Omega cm(2), respectively. Compared to NUV LEDs using conventional ITO (60 nm), the InGaN/AlGaInN NUV LED using ITO (110 nm)/metal (3 nm) on average exhibits a 70% increase in light output power at 100 mA and a 2% decrease in forward voltage at 20 mA, with more uniform and brighter emission images. We also identified the origin for the improvement by analyzing the surface of ITO/metals using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Auger electron spectroscopy. This approach could offer a simple, effective way to enhance the overall efficiency of conventional NUV LEDs using ITO.
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