Issue 1, 2019

13 mW operation of a 295–310 nm AlGaN UV-B LED with a p-AlGaN transparent contact layer for real world applications

Abstract

Smart, high-power ultraviolet (UV)-B light-emitting diode (LED) light sources are demanded for both medical and agricultural applications, including vitamin D3 production in human skin (294–304 nm), immunotherapy (310 nm), cancer therapy (295–310 nm) and enriching phytochemicals in plants (310 nm). To achieve this, we have combined graded stacks of AlGaN buffer layer (BL), AlGaN multi quantum wells (MQWs) with high internal quantum efficiency (IQE), a transparent p-AlGaN contact layer, and a highly-reflective p-type electrode for the fabrication of a UV-B LED. By optimizing the growth conditions, we demonstrated an output power of 7.1 mW for a 310 nm UV-B LED under bare-wafer conditions using a highly reflective Ni/Mg p-electrode. We also demonstrated a high IQE of 47% for UV-B emission from UV-B LED at 295 nm, by using a graded n-AlGaN BL. The light-extraction efficiency (LEE) was increased by introducing both a highly-transparent p-AlGaN and a highly reflective Ni/Mg p-electrode. As a result, we achieved an EQE of 4.4% at a dc drive current of 20 mA under CW-operation at RT and a maximum output power of 13 mW for a 295 nm UV-B LED for medical applications.

Graphical abstract: 13 mW operation of a 295–310 nm AlGaN UV-B LED with a p-AlGaN transparent contact layer for real world applications

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Aug. 2018
Accepted
22 Nov. 2018
First published
22 Nov. 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 143-152

13 mW operation of a 295–310 nm AlGaN UV-B LED with a p-AlGaN transparent contact layer for real world applications

M. A. Khan, N. Maeda, M. Jo, Y. Akamatsu, R. Tanabe, Y. Yamada and H. Hirayama, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 143 DOI: 10.1039/C8TC03825B

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