A kind of UV LED with quantum-dot structure
Technical field
The present invention relates to semiconductor photoelectronic device manufacture field, and in particular to one kind has quantum dot electronic barrier layer
(EBL) UV LED (UV-LED) of structure.
Background technology
Ultraviolet spectra is the light of 100 to 400nm comprising all wavelengths, and is commonly subdivided into three classes:Long wave ultraviolet
(315-400nm, UV-A), ultraviolet B radiation (280-315nm, UV-B) and short wave ultraviolet (100-280nm, UV-C).With can
See that wave band is compared, ultraviolet light photons energy is higher, and penetration capacity is stronger, and have powerful lethality for biology.Due to this
A little property ultraviolet sources are stored and short in high color rendering index (CRI) solid-state illumination, the detection of biochemistry harmful substance, Water warfare, high density
There is great application value in the fields such as wavelength secure communication.Additionally, being led to using solar blind UV (wavelength is less than 280nm)
Letter, has the advantages that confidentiality is high, round-the-clock anti-interference and non line-of-sight communication, with great military value.
For preparing ultraviolet device, AlGaN material has its inherent advantages.First, AlxGa1-xN materials are broad stopbands
Direct band-gap semicondictor material, by the selection to Al components in ternary compound AlGaN, can adjust AlGaN band-gap energies
Positioned at the interval of 6.2~3.4eV, corresponding to 200 to 365nm optical wavelength range.AlxGa1-xN is a kind of strong ionic bond effect
Compound, with heat endurance and chemical stability higher.Device based on AlGaN is non-aging, is adapted to high temperature, strong spoke
The application penetrated etc. under severe rugged environment.AlGaN base UV-LED small volumes, controllable wavelength, long lifespan, energy consumption are low, no pollution, compare mercury lamp
There is significant advantage with the traditional gas ultraviolet source such as xenon lamp, with huge society and economic worth.
However, compared with GaN base blue green light LED, under the conditions of Bulk current injection, under AlGaN base ultraviolet LED luminous efficiencies
Cunning is become apparent, and peak luminous wavelength is moved toward shortwave direction.The original for causing peak luminous wavelength to be moved to shortwave length direction
Because being because with the increase of Injection Current, built in field is because of photoproduction caused by the piezoelectricity and spontaneous polarization inside active area
The shielding action of carrier and be gradually reduced.On the phenomenon that LED luminous efficiencies glide, scientists propose several explanation engines
System, for example:Hole injection efficiency is low, and electronics overflows, polarity effect, quantum confined stark effect etc..Wherein, electronics overflows and has
Source region and hole injection efficiency is low has been found to be key factor therein.
Hole injection efficiency is overflowed and improves to reduce electronics, as shown in Fig. 2 prior art is generally by GaN base blue green light
Last layer of potential barrier of the multi-quantum well active region of LED is substituted for the AlGaN layer of single p-type doping or the AlGaN/ of p-type doping
InGaN superlattice structures form electronic barrier layer (EBL), so that stop that electronics overflows active area, while improving hole injection effect
Rate, has certain effect to improving the internal quantum efficiency of GaN base blue green light LED and improving luminous power.But for AlGaN bases
For ultraviolet LED, because above-mentioned EBL layers of band gap is not big enough, the ultraviolet light that LED sends not only is absorbed by itself,
And stop that electronics overflows and the effect of raising hole injection efficiency is not also obvious.Therefore, it is the photism of improvement ultraviolet LED
Can, related industry circle is in the urgent need to a kind of new EBL material and structure.
The content of the invention
Goal of the invention:The invention provides a kind of the AlN for including AlGaN quantum-dot structures layers as electronic barrier layer
UV LED.The radiation recombination efficiency of active area carrier can be improved, the interior of piezoelectric polarization effect generation is effectively eliminated
The influence of electric field is built, so as to reduce electronics spatially be separated with hole wave functions, the luminous efficiency of LED is greatly enhanced.
Technical scheme:To achieve the above object, the present invention uses following technical schemes:
A kind of UV LED with quantum-dot structure, it is characterised in that:Including what is set gradually from the bottom to top
Sapphire Substrate 101, AlN nucleating layers 102, undoped AlGaN cushions 103, N-shaped AlGaN layer 104, AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1- yN multi-quantum well active regions 105, p-type AlN/AlGaN quantum dots electronic barrier layer 106, p-type AlGaN layer 107 and tin indium oxide are led
Electric layer (ITO) 108, the N-shaped Ohmic electrode 110 drawn in N-shaped AlGaN layer is drawn on conductive indium-tin oxide layer (ITO)
P-type Ohmic electrode 109.
Preferably, the Sapphire Substrate 101 is r surface sapphire substrates.
Preferably, the thickness of the AlN nucleating layers 102 is 20-100nm, and the thickness of undoped AlGaN cushions 103 is
100-800nm, the thickness of N-shaped AlGaN layer 104 is 800-1000nm, AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1-yN multi-quantum well active regions 105
Periodicity is 5-10, and the thickness of p-type AlN/AlGaN quantum dots electronic barrier layer 106 is 20-80nm, the thickness of p-type AlGaN layer 107
It is 50-200nm to spend.
Preferably, in the AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1-ySet between N multi-quantum well active regions 105 and p-type AlGaN layer 107
There is p-type AlN/AlGaN quantum dots electronic barrier layer 106;Electronic barrier layer 106 be in AlN with self assembly pattern growth, be in
Equally distributed AlGaN quantum dots
Preferably, it is doped using Mg in described p-type AlN/AlGaN quantum dots electronic barrier layer 106, wherein Mg's
Doping concentration is between 1 × 1017To 1 × 1020cm-3Between.
Preferably, the AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1-yIn N multi-quantum well active regions 105, trap and the Al components built meet as follows
It is required that:0.20≤x≤0.60,0.30≤y≤0.70, x<y.
Beneficial effect:Due to the two-dimension single layer structure or superlattices knot of the quantum-dot structure compared to prior art of zero dimension
Structure has stronger quantum limitation effect to carrier, therefore quantum dot electronic barrier layer can more efficiently suppress electronics and overflow
Go out active area;P-type doping is carried out by AlN/AlGaN quantum dots electronic barrier layer, is conducive to being greatly enhanced hole injection
Efficiency, so as to improve hole with electronics in the combined efficiency of active area, strengthens the luminous efficiency of LED;Because the AlGaN of zero dimension is measured
Son point is bigger compared to the AlGaN individual layers of two dimension or the band gap width of AlGaN/InGaN superlattices, therefore AlN/AlGaN is measured
Sub- point-like electron barrier layer is more difficult to absorb the light of ultraviolet band, so as to be conducive to strengthening the light extraction efficiency of ultraviolet LED;Using r
Surface sapphire as backing material, can direct growth go out the AlGaN base ultraviolet LED structures of nonpolar a planar orientations, can be effective
Due to the band curvature that the built in field that polarity effect causes is caused in ground elimination multi-quantum well active region, electronics and hole are reduced
Wave function separation spatially, so as to be conducive to improving the radiation recombination efficiency of electron-hole, significantly increases ultraviolet LED
Luminous power and brightness.
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is the Rotating fields schematic diagram of the UV LED of quantum-dot structure of the present invention.Sapphire Substrate 101, AlN
Nucleating layer 102, undoped AlGaN cushions 103, N-shaped AlGaN layer 104, AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1-yN multi-quantum well active regions
105th, p-type AlN/AlGaN quantum dots electronic barrier layer 106, p-type AlGaN layer 107 and conductive indium-tin oxide layer (ITO) 108, N-shaped
Ohmic electrode 110, p-type Ohmic electrode 109.
Fig. 2 is the Rotating fields schematic diagram of ultraviolet LED prepared by prior art.Sapphire Substrate 201, AlN nucleating layers 202,
Undoped AlGaN cushions 203, N-shaped AlGaN layer 204, AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1-yN multi-quantum well active regions 205, p-type AlGaN
Barrier layer 206, p-type AlGaN layer 207 and conductive indium-tin oxide layer (ITO) 208, N-shaped Ohmic electrode 210, p-type Ohmic electrode
209。
Specific embodiment
As shown in figure 1, a kind of UV-LED with p-type AlN/AlGaN quantum dot electron barrier layer structures, including by it is lower extremely
On set gradually Sapphire Substrate 101, AlN nucleating layers 102, undoped AlGaN cushions 103, N-shaped AlGaN layer 104,
AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1-yN multi-quantum well active regions 105, p-type AlN/AlGaN quantum dots electronic barrier layer 106, p-type AlGaN layer
107 and conductive indium-tin oxide layer (ITO) 108, the N-shaped Ohmic electrode 110 drawn in N-shaped AlGaN layer is conductive in tin indium oxide
The p-type Ohmic electrode 109 drawn on layer (ITO).
Preferably, the Sapphire Substrate 101 is r surface sapphire substrates.
Preferably, the thickness of the AlN nucleating layers 102 is 20-100nm, and the thickness of undoped AlGaN cushions 103 is
100-800nm, the thickness of N-shaped AlGaN layer 104 is 800-1000nm, AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1-yN multi-quantum well active regions 105
Periodicity is 5-10, and the thickness of p-type AlN/AlGaN quantum dots electronic barrier layer 106 is 20-80nm, the thickness of p-type AlGaN layer 107
It is 50-200nm to spend.
Preferably, in the AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1-ySet between N multi-quantum well active regions 105 and p-type AlGaN layer 107
There is p-type AlN/AlGaN quantum dots electronic barrier layer 106.Electronic barrier layer 106 be in AlN with self assembly pattern growth, be in
Equally distributed AlGaN quantum dots
Preferably, it is doped using Mg in described p-type AlN/AlGaN quantum dots electronic barrier layer 106, wherein Mg
Doping concentration between 1 × 1017To 1 × 1020cm-3Between.
Preferably, the AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1-yIn N multi-quantum well active regions 105, trap and the Al components built meet as follows
It is required that:0.20≤x≤0.60,0.30≤y≤0.70, x<y.
Because the two-dimension single layer structure or superlattice structure of the quantum-dot structure compared to prior art of zero dimension are to current-carrying
Son have stronger quantum limitation effect, therefore quantum dot electronic barrier layer can more efficiently suppress electronics overflow it is active
Area.In addition, carrying out p-type doping by AlN/AlGaN quantum dots electronic barrier layer, be conducive to being greatly enhanced hole injection effect
Rate, so as to improve hole with electronics in the combined efficiency of active area, strengthens the luminous efficiency of LED.Due to the AlGaN quantum of zero dimension
Point is bigger compared to the AlGaN individual layers of two dimension or the band gap width of AlGaN/InGaN superlattices, therefore AlN/AlGaN quantum
Point-like electron barrier layer is more difficult to absorb the light of ultraviolet band, so as to be conducive to strengthening the light extraction efficiency of ultraviolet LED.Meanwhile, adopt
With r surface sapphires as backing material, can direct growth go out the AlGaN base ultraviolet LED structures of nonpolar a planar orientations, can be with
Effectively eliminate the band curvature caused due to the built in field that polarity effect causes in multi-quantum well active region, reduce electronics with
Hole wave functions separation spatially, so as to be conducive to improving the radiation recombination efficiency of electron-hole, significantly increases ultraviolet
The luminous power of LED and brightness.
Although the present invention is illustrated and has been described with regard to preferred embodiment, it is understood by those skilled in the art that
Without departing from scope defined by the claims of the present invention, variations and modifications can be carried out to the present invention.