Gold spherical shell photocathode was prepared by seed-mediated growth on polystyrefle template and dispersed on the aluminum substrates by spin-coating procedure. Polystyrefle template was then removed by heat treatment. SEM surface morphology shows that Au spherical shell of ~10 μm in diameter can be self-supported after polystyrefle substrate is removed. The thickness of Au shell is about 70-90 nm and the grain size on the surface is about 30-60 nm. X-ray photoemission characteristics of Au reflection photocathodes in the 400-1400 eV photon energy region are obtained, indicating that the Au shell photocathodes can emit 3 times more photoelectrons than the plane Au photocathode; this results from the special surface morphology of Au spherical shell and the reduction of surface potential.
The typical light emission efficiency behaviors of InGaN/GaN multi-quantum well (MQW) blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on c-plane sapphire substrates are characterized by pulsed current operation mode in the temperature range 40 to 300 K. At temperatures lower than 80 K, the emission efficiency of the LEDs decreases approximately as an inverse square root relationship with drive current. We use an electron leakage model to explain such efficiency droop behavior; that is, the excess electron leakage into the p-side of the LEDs under high forward bias will significantly reduce the injection possibility of holes into the active layer, which in turn leads to a rapid reduction in the radiative recombination efficiency in the MQWs. Combining the electron leakage model and the quasi-neutrality principle in the p-type region, we can readily derive the inverse square root dependent function between the light emission efficiency and the drive current. It appears that the excess electron leakage into the p-type side of the LEDs is primarily responsible for the low-temperature efficiency droop behavior.
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