Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 47, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/47/475203
Keywords
Si nanocrystal; photoluminescence; white light; optical gain
Funding
- Nation Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2012CB934393]
- Nation Natural Science Foundation of China [61275178, 51472051]
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We report a Si nanocrystal thin film consisting of free-standing Si nanocrystals, which can emit white light and show positive optical gains for its red, green and blue (RGB) components under ultraviolet excitation. Si nanocrystals with phi =. 2.31 +/- 0.35 nm were prepared by chemical etching of Si powder, followed by filtering. After being mixed with SiO2 sol-gel and thermally annealed, a broadband photoluminescence (PL) from the thin film was observed. The RGB ratio of the PL can be tuned by changing the annealing temperature or atmosphere, which is 1.00/3.26/4.59 for the pure white light emission. The origins of the PL components could be due to differences in oxygen-passivation degree for Si nanocrystals. The results may find applications in white-light Si lasing and Si lighting.
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