Performance enhancement of blue light-emitting diodes by using special designed n and p-type doped barriers

Abstract The characteristics of the nitride-based blue light-emitting diode (LED) by using special designed n and p-type doped barriers have been analyzed numerically in this paper. The internal quantum efficiency (IQE), carrier concentrations in the quantum wells (QWs), energy band diagrams, emission spectra and electrostatic fields are investigated. The simulation results indicate that the proposed LED by using the special designed n and p-type doped barriers has a strong enhancement in the optical output power. The improved performance is mainly attributed to the change of electrical field in the active region, resulting in superior electron confinement and improved hole injection efficiency. Further simulation results also indicate that the proposed LED without the p-AlGaN EBL possesses much better hole uniformity, which is due to the reversed electrostatic field in the last barrier.