双向发光二极管作为可见光源,由交流电驱动
Mikołaj Żak1, Grzegorz Muziol2, Marcin Siekacz2
1Institute of High Pressure Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29/37, 01-142, Warsaw, Poland. mzak@unipress.waw.pl.
Nature communications
|November 21, 2023
概括
本研究介绍了一种双向化发光二极管 (LED),该二极管直接使用交流电 (AC) 工作. 这种新型设备在两种电流方向发光,简化了交流电动照明应用.
科学领域:
- 固态物理 固态物理
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 光电学是指光电子产品.
背景情况:
- 化 (GaN) 发光二极管 (LED) 是高能效的光源.
- 传统的LED需要直流 (DC),这给与交流电网的集成带来了挑战.
- 现有的LED交流驱动的解决方案往往涉及复杂的功率转换电路.
研究的目的:
- 展示基于GaN的双向发光二极管 (Bi-LED) 的概念验证.
- 在DC和AC条件下研究双LED的光学和电气特性.
- 探索堆叠双LED的潜力,以提高光学输出功率.
主要方法:
- 制造一个对称的基于GaN的双LED结构,其中包括一个由两个道连接点绕的活跃区域.
- 在不同的直流和交流偏差条件下对双LED的光学发射特性进行表征.
- 当双LED连接成系列 (垂直堆叠) 时,对电气性能和光输出进行评估.
主要成果:
- 制造的Bi-LED在向前和向后两种方向的电流流下成功发光.
- 分析了光学和电气特性,证实了在直流和交流电源下的功能.
- 双LED的垂直堆叠展示了一种方法来增加整体光学输出功率.
结论:
- 双LED为直接交流电源运行提供了可行的解决方案,消除了对外部整流器的需求.
- 这些设备代表了一类新的半导体光源,适合简化交流驱动照明.
- 双LED的垂直集成提供了一个可扩展的方法来实现更高的光强度.
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