The present invention discloses an epitaxial structure for
semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising an
electron injection region, a hole injection region, a multi-
quantum well active region, a potential
barrier layer for blocking carriers, and one or more band edge shaping
layers. The
doping type and / or
doping concentration of said band edge shaping
layers are different from those of the adjacent
layers. It may trim the band edge shape of the
semiconductor energy band through the local built-in
electric field formed as a result of adjusting the
doping type, doping concentration and / or
layer thickness thereof, such that the carriers in the multi-
quantum well active region are distributed uniformly, the overall
Auger recombination is decreased, and the
effective potential barrier height of the potential
barrier layer for blocking carriers is increased to reduce the
drain current formed by carriers overflowing out of the multi-
quantum well active region, thereby improving internal
quantum efficiency. The present invention further discloses a
semiconductor light-emitting device that employs said epitaxial structure, which similarly achieves the effects of reduced
Auger recombination and / or decreased
drain current through the trimming of the band edge shape of the energy band structure by the local built-in
electric field, thereby improving internal
quantum efficiency of the device.