Microtube Light-Emitting Diode Arrays with Metal Cores

Youngbin Tchoe, Chul Ho Lee, Jun Beom Park, Hyeonjun Baek, Kunook Chung, Janghyun Jo, Miyoung Kim, Gyu Chul Yi

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Abstract

We report the fabrication and characteristics of vertical microtube light-emitting diode (LED) arrays with a metal core inside the devices. To make the LEDs, gallium nitride (GaN)/indium gallium nitride (InxGa1-xN)/zinc oxide (ZnO) coaxial microtube LED arrays were grown on an n-GaN/c-aluminum oxide (Al2O3) substrate. The microtube LED arrays were then lifted-off the substrate by wet chemical etching of the sacrificial ZnO microtubes and the silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer. The chemically lifted-off LED layer was then transferred upside-down on other supporting substrates. To create the metal cores, titanium/gold and indium tin oxide were deposited on the inner shells of the microtubes, forming n-type electrodes inside the metal-cored LEDs. The characteristics of the resulting devices were determined by measuring electroluminescence and current-voltage characteristic curves. To gain insights into the current-spreading characteristics of the devices and understand how to make them more efficient, we modeled them computationally.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3114-3120
Number of pages7
JournalACS nano
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Mar 22

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Keywords

  • current spreading
  • gallium nitride
  • light-emitting diodes
  • metal core
  • nanoarchitecture

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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