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The 13 pages that link to Gallium nitride, each with the reason it gives.

• Light-emitting diodeBroader topic: It is a key material for blue LEDs and many white-light sources.

• Silicon carbideCompared with: GaN competes with SiC in power conversion, with different strengths in voltage and switching frequency.

• Gallium arsenideCompared with: GaN handles higher voltages and temperatures, whereas GaAs is suited to lower-voltage, high-frequency and infrared devices.

• Zinc oxideCompared with: It shares a wurtzite structure with ZnO but has different electronic and device characteristics.

• GalliumBroader topic: Its robust electronic properties make it one of gallium’s most consequential compound forms.

• MicroLEDRelated: Many MicroLED emitters, especially blue ones, use gallium nitride.

• Semiconductor deviceRelated: It enables devices that tolerate higher fields and temperatures than silicon.

• Solid-state lightingRelated: Blue GaN LEDs enabled efficient white LED sources.

• White LEDRelated: Its bandgap enables the short-wavelength emission used to make white LED light.

• Shuji NakamuraRelated: Nakamura used gallium nitride as the material for his bright blue LEDs.

• Wurtzite crystal structureBroader topic: Its wurtzite phase enables the band structure used in blue and ultraviolet optoelectronics.

• Hiroshi AmanoBroader topic: Amano’s breakthrough research developed high-quality gallium nitride for blue LEDs.

• Isamu AkasakiBroader topic: Akasaki developed crystal growth and doping methods that made this material useful for blue LEDs.