Hierarchical growth of GaN nanowires for light emitting diode applications

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Abstract

Gallium nitride nanostructures have been receiving considerable attention as building blocks for nanophotonic technologies due to their unique high aspect ratios, promising the realization of photonic and biological nanodevices such as blue light emitting diodes (LEDs), short-wavelength ultraviolet nanolasers and nanofluidic biochemical sensors. In this study, we report on the hierarchical growth of GaN nanowires (NWs) by dynamically adjusting the growth parameters using pulsed flow metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) technique. We carried out two step growth processes to grow hierarchical GaN NWs. At the first step the GaN NWs were grown at 950°C and in the second stage, we suitably decreased the growth temperature to 710°C to grow the hierarchical structures. The surface morphology, structural and optical characterization of the grown hierarchical GaN NWs were studied by field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and photoluminescence (PL) measurements, respectively. These kind of hierarchical NWs are promising to allow flat band quantum structures that are shown to improve the efficiency of light-emitting diodes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGallium Nitride Materials and Devices XI
EditorsYasushi Nanishi, Hiroshi Fujioka, Ulrich T. Schwarz, Jen-Inn Chyi, Hadis Morko�, Jong-In Shim
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781628419832
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
EventGallium Nitride Materials and Devices XI - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 2016.02.152016.02.18

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9748
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceGallium Nitride Materials and Devices XI
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period16.02.1516.02.18

Keywords

  • GaN
  • Nanowires
  • sHierarchical structures

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Materials Science
  • Computer Science & Information Systems
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering - Electrical & Electronic
  • Engineering - Petroleum
  • Data Science
  • Physics & Astronomy

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