Nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs): Materials, performance and applications

✍ Scribed by Jian-Jang Huang

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 672
• Series: Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials 54
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The development of nitride-based light emitting diodes (LEDs) has led to advancements in high brightness LED technology for solid state lighting, handheld electronics and advanced bioengineering applications. Nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) reviews fabrication, performance and applications of this technology. Part one explores the fabrication of nitride semiconductor LEDs including molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth of nitride semiconductors and gallium nitride (GaN)-on-sapphire and GaN-on-silicon technologies for LEDs. Part two covers the performance of nitride LEDs including photonic crystal LEDs, surface plasmon enhanced LEDs, color tuneable LEDs, and LEDs based on quantum wells and quantum dots. Finally, part three highlights applications of nitride LEDs including liquid crystal display (LCD) backlighting, infra-red emitters, and automotive lighting.

✦ Table of Contents

Part 1 Materials and fabrication: Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth of nitride semiconductors; Modern metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) reactors and growth of nitride-based materials; Gallium nitride (GaN) on sapphire substrates for visible LEDs; Gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon substrates for LEDs; Phosphors for white LEDs; Fabrication of nitride LEDs; Nanostructured LEDs; Nonpolar and semipolar LEDs. Part 2 Performance of nitride LEDs: Efficiency droop in gallium indium nitride (GaInN)/gallium nitride (GaN) LEDs; Photonic crystal nitride LEDs; Surface plasmon enhanced LEDs; Nitride LEDs based on quantum wells and quantum dots; Colour tuneable LEDs; Reliability of nitride LEDs; Chip packaging: encapsulation of nitride LEDs. Part 3 Applications of nitride LEDs: White LEDs for lighting applications: the role of standards; Ultra-violet LEDs; Infra-red emitters using III-nitride semiconductors; LEDs for liquid crystal display (LCD) backlighting; LEDs in automotive lighting.