We report on a numerical study of the characteristics of p-GaN/n-ZnO light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with p-NiO and n-ZnSe interlayers, and on LED design optimization which includes bandgap engineering, thickness and doping of constituent layers. The current-voltage dependences of investigated LEDs show a threshold voltage of 3.1 V, 5.4 V and 5.6 V for LED devices without and with the presence of p-NiO and n-ZnSe interlayers, respectively. It is found that p-NiO, n-ZnSe and n-ZnO interlayers act as an electron blocking layer, active media layer, and electron transport layer, respectively. It is established that the insertion of both p-NiO and n-ZnSe interlayers leads to the enhancement of charge carrier-confinement in the active region and to the significant increase of internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of the LED device up to 82%, which is comparable with IQE values in order to obtain better AlGaN-and InGaN-based LEDs. It is found that the efficiency of LED devices at 100 A cm −2 is equal to 0.024, 0.09 and 16.4% of external quantum efficiency (EQE), 1.3 × 10 −4 , 1.6 × 10 −4 , and 6.4 lm W −1 of PE, and 1.3 × 10 −4 , 2.9 × 10 −4 , and 12 cd A −1 of CE for p-GaN/n-ZnO, p-GaN/p-NiO/n-ZnO, and p-GaN/p-NiO/n-ZnSe/n-ZnO LED devices, respectively.
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