Ultra-low-power sub-photon-voltage high-efficiency light-emitting diodes

Ning Li, Kevin Han, William Spratt, Stephen Bedell, John Ott, Marinus Hopstaken, Frank Libsch, Qinglong Li, Devendra Sadana

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Abstract

Conventional light-emitting diodes (LEDs) face an efficiency droop at low current due to non-radiative recombination overtaking radiative recombination at low carrier density. To overcome this universal problem, we develop LEDs with high efficiency at ultralow current and voltage, using a novel quantum well design and high-quality interfaces to suppress non-radiative recombination and enhance radiative recombination. The device exhibits close to unity internal quantum efficiency at a low current density of
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)588-592
Number of pages5
JournalNature Photonics
Volume13
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2019

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