Characterization of n-ZnO/p-GaN Heterojunction for Optoelectronic Applications

An important feature of zinc oxide and gallium nitride materials are their similar physical properties. This allows to use them as a p-n junction materials for applications in optoelectronics. In earlier work we presented use of ZnO as a transparent contact to GaN, which may improve external efficiency of LED devices. In this work we discuss properties of a n-ZnO/p-GaN heterostructure and discuss its optimization. The heterostructure is investigated by us for possible applications, e.g. in a new generation of UV LEDs or UV light detectors.