Fabrication of 6H-SiC light-emitting diodes by a rotation dipping technique: Electroluminescence mechanisms
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 50 (12), 8215-8225
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.325920
Abstract
Various light‐emitting diodes of 6H–SiC, doped in the n layers with Al, Ga, or B acceptors and N donors, have been fabricated using a rotation dipping technique. A detailed study of electroluminescence mechanisms from ∼100 to 400 K has been carried out using photoluminescence, electroluminescence, and time‐resolved spectra. At low temperatures the radiation originates mainly in the p layer, and around room temperature in the n layer. The luminescence mechanisms are free‐exciton recombinations for the peak at ∼425 nm, donor‐acceptor pair recombinations for the main broad band, transitions within localized centers for the peak at ∼455 nm, and recombinations due to divacancies for the series of peaks beginning at ∼470 nm. The dependence of the electroluminescence efficiency on the N concentration in the n layers is studied and methods to improve efficiency are discussed. The maximum external quantum efficiencies obtained were 1.2×10−5 for Al‐doped, 9×10−6 for Ga‐doped, and 2.5×10−5 for B‐doped diodes, and were improved by a factor of 2 by using an epoxy coating.Keywords
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