Enhanced Photoluminescence of Flexible InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Wells on Fabric by Piezo-Phototronic Effect

Autor: Wei Sha, Qilin Hua, Jiangwen Wang, Zifeng Cong, Xiao Cui, Keyu Ji, Xinhuan Dai, Bingjun Wang, Wenbin Guo, Weiguo Hu
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14:3000-3007
ISSN: 1944-8252
1944-8244
Popis: Fabric-based wearable electronics are showing advantages in emerging applications in wearable devices, Internet of everything, and artificial intelligence. Compared to the one with organic materials, devices based on inorganic semiconductors (e.g., GaN) commonly show advantages of superior characteristics and high stability. Upon the transfer of GaN-based heterogeneous films from their rigid substrates onto flexible/fabric substrates, changes in strain would influence the device performance. Here, we demonstrate the transfer of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well (MQW) films onto flexible/fabric substrates with an effective lift-off technique. The physical properties of the InGaN/GaN MQWs film are characterized by atomic force microscopy and high-resolution X-ray diffraction, indicating that the transferred film does not suffer from huge damage. Excellent flexible properties are observed in the film transferred on fabric, and the photoluminescence (PL) intensity is enhanced by the piezo-phototronic effect, which shows an increase of about 10% by applying an external strain with increasing the film curvature to 6.25 mm
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