Crystals (Aug 2022)

Efficiency Droop and Degradation in AlGaN-Based UVB Light-Emitting Diodes

  • Yi-Tsung Chang,
  • Mu-Jen Lai,
  • Rui-Sen Liu,
  • Shu-Chang Wang,
  • Xiong Zhang,
  • Lin-Jun Zhang,
  • Yu-Hsien Lin,
  • Shiang-Fu Huang,
  • Lung-Chien Chen,
  • Ray-Ming Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12081082
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 8
p. 1082

Abstract

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In this study, we found that the current droop (J-droop) in AlGaN-based UVB light-emitting diodes was more obvious at higher temperatures, despite both the main and parasitic peaks undergoing monotonic decreases in their intensity upon an increase in the temperature. The slower temperature droop (T-droop) did not occur when the forward current was increased to temperatures greater than 298 K. After an aging time of 6000 h, the emission wavelengths did not undergo any obvious changes, while the intensity of the parasitic peak barely changed. Thus, the degradation in the light output power during long-term operation was not obviously correlated to the existence of the parasitic peak.

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