4.5 Article

Tuning the Photoluminescence Peak Position of Si Nanocrystals by Chemical Etching

Journal

JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
Volume 50, Issue 9, Pages 5294-5298

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-021-09047-8

Keywords

Nanoparticles; luminescence; optical materials and properties

Funding

  1. Department of Science and Technology of Guizhou province [[2018]1084]
  2. Department of Education of Guizhou province [[2016]155]
  3. Scientific research project of Guizhou Min Zu University [[2018]577-YB17]
  4. Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LY17F010023]

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The study prepared highly luminescent Si-NCs:SiO2 from HSQ and tuned the light emission by chemical etching, finding that the luminescence and tunability of PL peak position of Si-NCs:SiO2 from HSQ are superior to those prepared by conventional methods.
Silicon nanocrystals doped with silicon dioxide (Si-NCs:SiO2) are a promising silicon (Si)-based light-emitting material. However, their low efficiency and difficulty tuning their light emission have hindered the practical use of Si-NCs:SiO2. We used facile approaches to prepare highly luminescent Si-NCs:SiO2 from hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ), and to tune the light emission by chemical etching. Characterizations were conducted using transmission electron microscopy, photoluminescence (PL) and Raman spectroscopy to acquire information on their structure, nanocrystal size, light emission properties, and other characteristics. As compared to Si-NCs:SiO2 prepared by the regular method of phase separation of silicon oxide (SiOx) (1 < x < 2), the Si-NCs:SiO2 prepared from HSQ is more luminescent and the PL peak position is readily tunable by chemical etching. PL peak positions of 570 nm, 610 nm and 730 nm of Si-NCs:SiO2 have been obtained.

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