Abstract
Numerical calculations based on first-principles were applied to study the influence of band shift induced by different Al
content on optoelectronic properties of wurtzite AlxGa1-xN materials. In this study, we construct the AlxGa1-xN structure by
substitutional doping, where one Al atom replaces one Ga atom at different positions within the GaN structure. The results
show that the doping of Al content makes the conduction band bottom of AlxGa1-xN band offset and little changes for the
valence band top, which results in significant changing on optoelectronic properties of AlxGa1-xN. It is helpful to finding a new
way to improve the light extraction efficiency, and providing more valuable information for materials and devices based on
AlGaN.
Keywords
GaN-based materials, First-principles, Optoelectronics properties.
Citation
DAOHUA WU, SHIJIN ZHONG, MINGJUN HAN, GUANGZHEN DAI, Influence of band shift induced by different Al content on optoelectronic properties of AlGaN materials, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 18, 9-10, September-October 2024, pp.472-479 (2024).
Submitted at: March 22, 2024
Accepted at: Oct. 2, 2024