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JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
Volume 14, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1097-9
Keywords
Si nanocrystal; Photoluminescence; Carrier confinement; Matrix
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2012CB934303]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [10974034, 60878044]
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To examine the matrix effect on the light emission of Si nanocrystal (Si-NC), we investigated the photoluminescence (PL) of Si-NC from multilayered samples of Si/SiO2 and SiO/SiO2 and single-layered pure Si thin films, which had all been annealed in nitrogen at 1,100 degrees C for 1 h so as to form Si-NCs. The size range of Si-NC is 1-10 nm. It was found that the density of Si-NC in the pure Si> that in Si/SiO2> that in SiO/SiO2, but the PL intensity of Si-NC from pure Si< that from Si/SiO2< that from SiO/SiO2. On the other hand, the PL intensity of Si-NC from Si/SiO2 sample is higher than that from Si/Si3N4 one. All these results are related to the difference in matrix surrounding Si-NCs, which causes differences in carrier confinement or/and interface state. The results suggest that for light emission of Si-NC, the matrix effect is determinative, and can be more important than the density of Si-NC itself.
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