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Munsik Oh1,2, Mun Seok Jeong3, Jaehee Cho1,2
1School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
We investigated hybrid functional transparent conductive electrodes (HFTCEs) composed of indium-tin-oxide (ITO) and silver nanowires (AgNWs) for the enhancement of output efficiency in GaN-based ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UVLEDs). The HFTCEs demonstrated an optical transmittance of 69.5% at a wavelength of 380 nm and a sheet resistance of 16.4 Ω/sq, while the reference ITO TCE exhibited a transmittance of 76.4% and a sheet resistance of 18.7 Ω/sq. Despite the 8.9% lower optical transmittance, the UVLEDs fabricated with HFTCEs achieved a 25% increase in output efficiency compared to reference UVLEDs. This improvement is attributed to the HFTCE's twofold longer current spreading length under operating forward voltages, and more significantly, the enhanced out-coupling of localized surface plasmon (LSP) resonance with the trapped wave-guided light modes.
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