Flexible inorganic light emitting diodes based on semiconductor nanowires. Issue 12 (6th October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Guan, Nan; Dai, Xing; Babichev, Andrey V.; Julien, François H.; Tchernycheva, Maria
• Is Part Of: Chemical science. Volume 8:Issue 12(2017)
• Page Start: 7904
• Page End: 7911
• Publication Date: 2017-10-06
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02573d
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2041-6520

Abstract

Abstract : The fabrication technologies and the performance of flexible nanowire light emitting diodes (LEDs) are reviewed with a special focus on nitride materials. Abstract : The fabrication technologies and the performance of flexible nanowire light emitting diodes (LEDs) are reviewed. We first introduce the existing approaches for flexible LED fabrication, which are dominated by organic technologies, and we briefly discuss the increasing research effort on flexible inorganic LEDs achieved by micro-structuring and transfer of conventional thin films. Then, flexible nanowire-based LEDs are presented and two main fabrication technologies are discussed: direct growth on a flexible substrate and nanowire membrane formation and transfer. The performance of blue, green, white and bi-color flexible LEDs fabricated following the transfer approach is discussed in more detail.