Grain Boundaries and Electroluminescence in Gallium Phosphide

Gallium self-diffusion in gallium phosphide

Ga self-diffusion in gallium phosphide ~GaP! is measured directly in isotopically controlled GaP heterostructures. Secondary ion mass spectroscopy ~SIMS! is used to monitor intermixing of Ga and Ga between isotopically pure GaP epilayers which are grown by molecular beam epitaxy ~MBE! on GaP substrates. The Ga self-diffusion coefficient in undoped GaP is determined to be D52.0 cm s exp(24.5 eV/...

Efficient water reduction with gallium phosphide nanowires

Photoelectrochemical hydrogen production from solar energy and water offers a clean and sustainable fuel option for the future. Planar III/V material systems have shown the highest efficiencies, but are expensive. By moving to the nanowire regime the demand on material quantity is reduced, and new materials can be uncovered, such as wurtzite gallium phosphide, featuring a direct bandgap. This i...

Direct Band Gap Wurtzite Gallium Phosphide Nanowires

The main challenge for light-emitting diodes is to increase the efficiency in the green part of the spectrum. Gallium phosphide (GaP) with the normal cubic crystal structure has an indirect band gap, which severely limits the green emission efficiency. Band structure calculations have predicted a direct band gap for wurtzite GaP. Here, we report the fabrication of GaP nanowires with pure hexago...

Characterization of Gallium Indium Phosphide and Progress of Aluminum Gallium Indium Phosphide System Quantum-Well Laser Diode

Highly ordered gallium indium phosphide layers with the low bandgap have been successfully grown on the (100) GaAs substrates, the misorientation toward [01-1] direction, using the low-pressure metal organic chemical vapor deposition method. It is found that the optical properties of the layers are same as those of the disordered ones, essentially different from the ordered ones having two orie...

Electrical Recombination Behaviour at Dislocations in Gallium Phosphide and Silicon