A kind of epitaxy method improving GaN base LED internal quantum efficiency
Technical field
The invention belongs to field of optoelectronic devices, and in particular to a kind of extension side for improving GaN base LED internal quantum efficiency
Method.
Background technique
Gallium nitride based light emitting diode (Light Emitting Diode, LED) have high brightness, low energy consumption, the long-life,
The features such as fast response time and environmental protection, is widely used in indoor and street lighting, traffic signals and outdoor display, Automobile
The multiple fields such as lamp illumination, liquid crystal backlight.Therefore, large power white light LED is considered as the lighting source of 21 century.
Current commercialized GaN base LED epitaxial structure is mostly different along [0001] direction (c-axis) on a sapphire substrate
Matter extension.Due to Sapphire Substrate and wurtzite structure GaN on lattice constant, thermal expansion coefficient there are biggish difference, make
Obtain the defect density in GaN body material up to 108cm-2.Due to the hereditary effect of defect in epitaxial growth, can defect be prolonged
Extend to multiple quantum wells region.Secondly, in order to improve the incorporation efficiency of In, the growth temperature of InGaN well layer not above 800 DEG C,
And the growth temperature of the ingredient of In more high request is lower, however NH at low temperature3Crack insufficient, therefore the meeting in epitaxial growth
Many defects are formed, such as the vacancy N, antistructure defect etc., so that crystal quality declines, LED luminous efficiency is seriously reduced.In order to improve
Crystal quality, the growth temperature of GaN barrier layer are generally higher than the growth temperature of InGaN well layer, this just needs to introduce low temperature GaN lid
Layer is come the loss of In when preventing heating.It is brilliant since growth temperature is low although GaN cap rock can effectively prevent the loss of In
Weight is poor.It is located at the defect of multi-quantum well active region, such as In cluster, misfit dislocation, threading dislocation, stacked layers in a word
Mistake, surface crater and V-arrangement hole etc., will form non-radiative recombination center, so that carrier is largely reduced due to non-radiative recombination,
Seriously reduce the internal quantum efficiency of LED.
Summary of the invention
Present invention aims in view of the above-mentioned problems, provide it is a kind of improve GaN base LED internal quantum efficiency epitaxy method,
This method can not only reduce quantum well region defect concentration, and preparation method is simple, and preparation cost is lower.
The present invention is achieved by the following technical solutions: a kind of epitaxy method improving GaN base LED internal quantum efficiency,
The following steps are included:
One substrate is provided and surface cleaning is carried out to substrate;
GaN nucleating layer and the high temperature anneal are grown on substrate after the cleaning;
Unintentional doped gan layer is grown on GaN nucleating layer after annealing;
The growing n-type GaN layer in unintentional doped gan layer;
Grow multi-quantum well luminescence layer in n-type GaN layer, the multi-quantum well luminescence layer is several pairs of InGaN well layer/low
Warm GaN cap rock/high temperature GaN barrier layer is successively alternately stacked composition from bottom to top, and is passed through H in low temperature GaN cap rock growth course2Gas
Body;
P-AlGaN electronic barrier layer is grown in multi-quantum well luminescence layer;
P-GaN layer and p-GaN contact layer are grown on p-AlGaN electronic barrier layer.
When growing GaN nucleating layer and the high temperature anneal in the present invention, the temperature of the high temperature anneal is 950-
1110℃。
When concrete application, NH is first passed through in a growth cycle of the multi-quantum well luminescence layer3Gas, the source In, the source Ga,
Grow InGaN well layer;After well layer has been grown, it is simply turned off the source In, and be passed through H2, grow GaN cap rock;After cap rock has been grown, Ga is closed
Source and H2Gas simultaneously starts to warm up, and after temperature reaches barrier layer growth temperature and stablizes, then opens the source Ga, grows GaN barrier layer.To
Barrier layer growth is completed, and is closed the source Ga and is started to cool down, after temperature reaches well layer growth temperature and stablizes, then opens the source Ga and In
Source grows the well layer of next cycle.Certainly, it has constantly been passed through N always during growth forms GaN base LED2Gas, N2
On the one hand gas serves as carrier gas, on the one hand provide as compensation gas.
The growth temperature of low temperature GaN cap rock is consistent with the growth temperature of InGaN well layer in the present invention, high temperature GaN barrier layer
Growth temperature is higher than the growth temperature of InGaN well layer and GaN cap rock.Low temperature GaN cap rock is used to protect the In in InGaN well layer former
Son prevents In atom from evaporating and being desorbed in temperature-rise period.
In addition, the present invention during growing multiple quantum wells, is only passed through H in the growth course of low temperature GaN cap rock2, and
There is no H in the growth course of InGaN well layer and GaN barrier layer2Gas.
It is further preferred that the H2The flow of gas is total for all gas being passed through in low temperature GaN cap rock growth course
The 0.1%-20% of flow.The all gas only contains NH3Gas, H2Gas and N2Gas.
When it is implemented, InGaN well layer/low temperature GaN cap rock/high temperature GaN barrier layer week in the multi-quantum well luminescence layer
Issue is 1-20 pairs.
Preferably, in the multi-quantum well luminescence layer InGaN well layer with a thickness of 1-6nm, low temperature GaN cap rock with a thickness of
0.2-6nm, GaN barrier layer with a thickness of 5-20nm.
Preferably, In component is 5-40% in mole percent in the InGaN well layer.
It is passed through H in situ when growing the low temperature GaN cap rock of multicycle Quantum Well by process above2Gas, can not only
The defects of dislocation of enough removals or passivation light emitting region, impurity, V-arrangement hole, improve crystal quality, additionally it is possible to reduce the group of In
Cluster improves the uniformity of In component, advantageously forms precipitous trap and builds interface.Therefore, it can achieve through the invention and improve GaN
The purpose of the internal quantum efficiency of base LED.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the epitaxial wafer flow chart of conventional method growth.
Fig. 2 is the epitaxial wafer flow chart of prior art growth.
Fig. 3 is that the present invention uses InGaN well layer/H2The low temperature GaN cap rock of gas treatment/high temperature GaN barrier layer composition is more
The epitaxial wafer and tradition InGaN well layer/low temperature GaN cap rock/high temperature GaN barrier layer structure room temperature (300K) light of quantum well structure are glimmering
Spectrum comparison diagram.Certainly, when doing room temperature photoluminescence spectrum, the unique variable when present invention and traditional multi-quantum pit structure compare
For whether by H2Gas treatment, other conditions and structure are identical.In addition H is passed through in low temperature GaN cap rock growth course in Fig. 32
The flow of gas is the 2.5% of total flow.The present invention uses InGaN well layer/H as seen from the figure2The low temperature GaN of gas treatment
The epitaxial wafer emission wavelength blue shift of the multi-quantum pit structure of cap rock/high temperature GaN barrier layer composition 12nm, although wavelength blue shift,
It is that luminous intensity at room temperature about improves 3 times.The contrast test of above-mentioned photoluminescence spectrum is using He-Cd laser, excitation
The PL spectrometer of wavelength 325nm.
Fig. 4 is that the present invention uses InGaN well layer/H2The low temperature GaN cap rock of gas treatment/high temperature GaN barrier layer composition is more
The epitaxial wafer and tradition InGaN well layer/low temperature GaN cap rock of quantum well structure/high temperature GaN barrier layer composition multi-quantum pit structure
The internal quantum efficiency comparison diagram of epitaxial wafer.Certainly, when doing internal quantum efficiency measurement, the present invention and traditional multi-quantum pit structure
Whether unique variable is by H when comparing2Gas treatment, other conditions and structure are identical.In addition low temperature of the present invention in Fig. 4
H is passed through in GaN cap rock growth course2The flow of gas is the 2.5% of total flow.Internal quantum efficiency value uses following calculation formula:.Wherein I10KAnd I300KThe integrated intensity of the photoluminescence spectrum respectively measured in 10K and 300K.It can be seen that this
Invention uses InGaN well layer/H2The extension of the low temperature GaN cap rock of gas treatment/high temperature GaN barrier layer composition multi-quantum pit structure
Piece internal quantum efficiency about improves 2.1 times.The test of photoluminescence spectrum is using He-Cd laser, excitation when 10K and 300K
The PL spectrometer of wavelength 325nm.
Specific embodiment
Further description is carried out to the present invention below by embodiment.As mentioned in working as in specification in the whole text
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Interior, those skilled in the art can solve the technical problem within a certain error range, basically reach the technical effect.
The present invention provides a kind of epitaxy methods (referring to fig. 2) for improving GaN base LED internal quantum efficiency, including following step
It is rapid:
One substrate is provided and surface cleaning is carried out to substrate;
GaN nucleating layer and the high temperature anneal are grown on substrate after the cleaning;
Unintentional doped gan layer is grown on GaN nucleating layer after annealing;
The growing n-type GaN layer in unintentional doped gan layer;
Grow multi-quantum well luminescence layer in n-type GaN layer, the multi-quantum well luminescence layer is several pairs of InGaN well layer/low
Warm GaN cap rock/high temperature GaN barrier layer is successively alternately stacked composition from bottom to top, and is passed through H in low temperature GaN cap rock growth course2Gas
Body;
P-AlGaN electronic barrier layer is grown in multi-quantum well luminescence layer;
P-GaN layer and p-GaN contact layer are grown on p-AlGaN electronic barrier layer.
One of specific embodiment of further epitaxy method of the present invention is: epitaxy method of the invention is
It is realized in the instrument of MOCVD board model Aixtron TS300.When wherein growing multi-quantum well luminescence layer, keep anti-
It answers cavity pressure 200-600mBar, be passed through flow as the NH of the adoptable range 2000-6000sccm of 4000sccm()3Gas
The flow of body, the source In and the source Ga is by carrier gas N2It conveys into reaction chamber, wherein In source flux is 20-400sccm, Ga source flux
For 5-100sccm.InGaN well layer is grown in the range of temperature is 650-800 DEG C, pressure in growth course, temperature and logical
Enter NH3Gas, the source In, the source Ga flow constant;After well layer has been grown, it is simply turned off the source In, and is passed through and accounts for total flow 2.5%
H2(the arbitrary volume percentage in 0.1%-20%, such as 0.1%, 10% or 20%) may be selected, grow GaN cap rock, growth course
Middle pressure, temperature and it is passed through NH3Gas, the source Ga flow constant;After cap rock has been grown, the source Ga and H are closed2Gas is simultaneously opened
Beginning is warming up to 750-950 DEG C, keeps the pressure of reaction chamber constant, and ammonia flow is constant, and Ga source flux is 10-100sccm, temperature
Start to grow GaN barrier layer after stabilization, pressure, temperature and is passed through NH in growth course3The flow holding of gas, the source In, the source Ga
It is constant.It grows and completes to barrier layer, close the source Ga and the source In starts to cool down, after temperature reaches well layer growth temperature and stablizes, then
It is passed through the source Ga that the source In, flow that flow is 20-400sccm are 5-100sccm, grows the well layer of next cycle, in repetition
State step.Periodicity is 1-20 pairs.Wherein N2Maintain the total flow of reaction chamber in entire Quantum Well as carrier gas and compensation gas
It is held essentially constant in growth course, N2Flow in 2000-6000sccm, during the growth process can be according to NH3, the source In, Ga
Source, H2Changes in flow rate compensated accordingly.
Further, in the multi-quantum well luminescence layer InGaN well layer with a thickness of 1-6nm, low temperature GaN cap rock with a thickness of
0.2-6nm, GaN barrier layer with a thickness of 5-20nm.
Further, In component is 5-40% in mole percent in the InGaN well layer.