AlGaN基深紫外LED电子阻挡层的智能优化设计

冯丽雅; 路慧敏; 朱一帆; 陈毅勇; 于彤军; 王建萍

doi:10.7498/aps.72.20222004

摘要

为了提高AlGaN基深紫外发光二极管(light emitting diode, LED)的内量子效率(internal quantum efficiency, IQE), 本文采用了基于InAlGaN/ AlGaN超晶格的电子阻挡层(electron blocking layer, EBL)结构, 结果表明与传统的单层和双层电子阻挡层结构相比, 超晶格EBL结构能够有效提高LED的内量子效率. 在此基础上, 本文提出了基于JAYA智能算法的LED结构优化方法, 应用该方法以最大化内量子效率为目标, 对InAlGaN/AlGaN超晶格EBL结构进行优化设计. 结果表明, 采用优化超晶格EBL结构后电子泄露和空穴注入问题都有所改善, 在200 mA电流注入时深紫外LED的内量子效率比采用单层结构EBL提高了41.2%.

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Abstract

AlGaN-based deep-ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (DUV LEDs) are widely used in sterilization, sensing, water purification, medical treatment, non-line of sight (NLOS) communication and many other fields. Especially it has been reported that the global novel coronavirus (COVID-19) can be effectively inactivated by the DUV light with a wavelength below 280 nm (UVC) within a few seconds, which has also attracted great attention. However, the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of UVC LED is still at a low level, generally not more than 10%. As an important component of EQE, internal quantum efficiency (IQE) plays a crucial role in realizing high-performance DUV-LED. In order to improve the IQE of AlGaN-based DUV-LED, this work adopts an electron blocking layer (EBL) structure based on InAlGaN/AlGaN superlattice. The results show that the superlattice EBL structure can effectively improve the IQE compared with the traditional single-layer and double-layer EBL structure for the DUV-LED. On this basis, the optimization method based on JAYA intelligent algorithm for LED structure design is proposed in this work. Using the proposed design method, the InAlGaN/AlGaN superlattice EBL structure is further optimized to maximize the LED’s IQE. It is demonstrated that the optimized superlattice EBL structure is beneficial to not only the suppression of electron leakage but also the improvement of hole injection, leading to the increase of carrier recombination in the active region. As a result, the IQE of the DUV-LED at 200 mA injection current is 41.2% higher than that of the single-layer EBL structure. In addition, the optimized structure reduces IQE at high current from 25% to 4%. The optimization method based on intelligent algorithm can break through the limitation of the current LED structure design and provide a new method to improve the efficiency of AlGaN-based DUV-LED.

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作者及机构信息

1.
北京科技大学计算机与通信工程学院, 北京　100083

2.
北京大学物理学院, 人工微结构物理和介观物理国家重点实验室, 北京　100081

通信作者: 路慧敏, hmlu@ustb.edu.cn

基金项目: 国家自然科学基金(批准号： 62234003)、广东省基础与应用基础研究基金(批准号： 2021B1515120086)和佛山市人民政府科技创新专项资金(批准号： BK20BF013)资助的课题.

Authors and contacts

1.
School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing 100083, China

2.
State Key Laboratory of Artificial Microstructure Physics and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100081, China

Corresponding author: Lu Hui-Min, hmlu@ustb.edu.cn

Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 62234003), the Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 2021B1515120086) and the People’s Government’s Special Foundation for Science and Technology Innovation of Foshan Municipal (Grant No.BK20BF013).

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施引文献

图 1 AlGaN基DUV LED结构示意图(左)和结构A(单层EBL)、B(双层EBL)、C(超晶格结构EBL)(右)

Fig. 1. Structure diagram of AlGaN based DUV LED(left)and Structure A (single layer EBL), B (double- layer EBL), C (superlattice structure EBL)(right).

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图 2 不同EBL结构AlGaN基深紫外LED内量子效率随电流密度变化曲线

Fig. 2. Variation curves of internal quantum efficiency with current density in AlGaN based DUV LED with different EBL structures.

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图 3 InAlGaN/AlGaN超晶格EBL结构参数不同时IQE曲线结果对比图　(a)量子垒的Al组分QB_x; (b)量子阱的Al组分 QW_x; (c)量子垒的厚度QB_d; (d) 量子阱的厚度QW_d; (e) 量子阱掺ln的大小y

Fig. 3. Comparison of IQE curves results for InAlGaN/AlGaN superlattice EBL with different structural parameters: (a) Al component of quantum barrier QB_x; (b) Al component of quantum well QW_x; (c) thickness of quantum barrier QB_d; (d) thickness of quantum well QW_d; (e) ln component in quantum well y.

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图 4 InAlGaN/AlGaN超晶格EBL结构参数和IQE随优化中迭代次数变化曲线:　(a)量子垒的Al组分QB_x; (b) 量子垒的厚度QB_d; (c)量子阱的Al组分QW_x; (d)量子阱的厚度QW_d; (e)量子阱掺ln的大小y; (f)内量子效率IQE

Fig. 4. Curves of EBL structure parameters and IQE for InAlGaN/AlGaN superlattice changing with iterations in optimization: (a) Al component of quantum barrier QB_x; (b)thickness of quantum barrier QB_d; (c) Al component of quantum wells QW_x; (d)thickness of quantum well QW_d; (e) ln component in quantum well y; (f)the internal quantum efficiency IQE.

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图 5 采用不同EBL结构时AlGaN基深紫外LED的能带图　(a)结构C; (b)优化EBL结构

Fig. 5. Energy band diagram of AlGaN based DUV LED with different EBL structures: (a) Structure C; (b) optimized structure.

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图 6 采用不同EBL结构时AlGaN基深紫外LED的载流子浓度分布　 (a)电子浓度; (b)空穴浓度

Fig. 6. Carrier concentration distribution of AlGaN based DUV LED with different EBL structures: (a) Electron concentration distribution; (b) hole concentration distribution.

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图 7 采用优化和未优化EBL结构时AlGaN基深紫外LED的发光特性:　(a) L-I特性曲线; (b)发射光谱

Fig. 7. Optical properties of AlGaN based DUV LED with different EBL structures : (a) L-I characteristic curve; (b) emission spectrum.

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图 8 采用优化和未优化EBL结构时AlGaN基深紫外LED的内量子效率随电流密度变化曲线

Fig. 8. Internal quantum efficiency versus current density curve of AlGaN based DUV LED with and without optimized EBL structure.

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[5]	Park J S, Kim J K, Cho J, Seong T Y 2017 ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol. 6 Q42 Google Scholar
[6]	Xia Z H, Liang S H, Li B Q, Wang F, Zhang D M 2021 Optik 231 166392 Google Scholar
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[8]	Hirayama H, Tsukada Y, Maeda T, Kamata K 2010 Appl. Phys. Express 3 031002 Google Scholar
[9]	Islam N U, Usman M, Khan S, Jamil T, Rasheed S, Ali S, Saeed S 2021 Optik 248 168212 Google Scholar
[10]	Usman M, Malik S, Hussain M, Jamal H, Khan MA 2021 Opt. Mater. 112 110745 Google Scholar
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[12]	Wang Y F, Mussaab I Niass, Wang F, Liu Y H 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 480
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