The light extraction enhancement of freestanding GaN-based flip-chip light-emitting diodes （FS- FCLEDs） using two-step roughening methods is investigated. The output power of LEDs fabricated by using one-step and two-step roughening methods are compared. The results indicate that two-step roughening meth- ods show more potential for light extraction. Compared with flat FS-FCLEDs, the output power of FS-FCLEDs with a nanotextured hemisphere surface shows an enhancement of 90.7%.
Graphene on gallium nitride （GaN） will be quite useful when the graphene is used as transparent electrodes to improve the performance of gallium nitride devices. In this work, we report the direct synthesis of graphene on GaN without an extra catalyst by chemical vapor deposition. Raman spectra indicate that the graphene films are uniform and about 5-6 layers in thickness. Meanwhile, the effects of growth temperatures on the growth of graphene films are systematically studied, of which 950 ℃ is found to be the optimum growth temperature. The sheet resistance of the grown graphene is 41.1 Ω/square, which is close to the lowest sheet resistance of transferred graphene reported. The mechanism of graphene growth on GaN is proposed and discussed in detail. XRD spectra and photoluminescence spectra indicate that the quality of GaN epi-layers will not be affected after the growth of graphene.
