Towards the efficiency limit of visible light-emitting diodes

In this thesis, a thermophotonic method based on the heat-pump mechanism is proposed to potentially enhance the efficiency of visible light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for high-power operation. By leveraging this special mode of solid-state lighting by incoherent electroluminescent radiation and with the focus on gallium-nitride (GaN) technologies, we experimentally demonstrate a thermally enhanced blue LED operating in the low bias regime, and theoretically investigate the characteristics and criteria for efficiency visible lighting based on a thermodynamic study.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Xue, Jin, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Rajeev Ram.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108843

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/108843