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← ScienceWhich mechanism causes diminished blue light output in blue LEDs at elevated current densities?
A)Auger electron-hole recombination process✓
B)Increased direct bandgap transition rate
C)Enhanced Shockley-Read-Hall recombination
D)Increased quantum well carrier confinement
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Increased carrier concentration at high currents boosts the Auger recombination process, a three-particle interaction, reducing band-to-band radiative transitions because Auger is non-radiative; therefore, less blue light is emitted, rather than a change of band-to-band or recombination pathways affecting efficiency.
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