Light extraction efficiency enhancement of flip-chip blue light-emitting diodes by anodic aluminum oxide

We produced an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) structure with periodic nanopores on the surface of flip-chip blue light-emitting diodes (FC-BLEDs). The nanopores had diameters ranging from 73 to 85 nm and were separated by distances ranging from approximately 10 to 15 nm. The light extraction efficiency...

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Main Authors: Yi-Ru Huang, Yao-Ching Chiu, Kuan-Chieh Huang, Shao-Ying Ting, Po-Jui Chiang, Chih-Ming Lai, Chun-Ping Jen, Snow H. Tseng, Hsiang-Chen Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2018-05-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.152
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Summary:We produced an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) structure with periodic nanopores on the surface of flip-chip blue light-emitting diodes (FC-BLEDs). The nanopores had diameters ranging from 73 to 85 nm and were separated by distances ranging from approximately 10 to 15 nm. The light extraction efficiency enhancement of the FC-BLEDs subjected to different durations of the second pore-widening process was approximately 1.6–2.9%. The efficiency enhancement may be attributed to the following mechanism: periodic nanopores on the surface of FC-BLEDs reduce the critical angle of total reflection and effective energy transfer from a light emitter into a surface plasmon mode produced by AAO.
ISSN:2190-4286