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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
Volume 243, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.118615
Keywords
Silicon nitride; Photoluminescence; Excitons; Donor-acceptor pairs; Energy transfer
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The study found that non-stoichiometric silicon nitride films have multiple emission energy bands within a specific excitation range, with some energy bands attributed to exciton annihilation and others related to the recombination of charge carriers. Energy-resolved photoluminescence method revealed the involvement of excitons in the energy transfer process to donor-acceptor pairs, maintaining the position of the 3.4 eV band invariant to excitation energy.
Photoluminescence of non-stoichiometric silicon nitride films has been studied at excitation range 3.35-5.16 eV. Several bands with energies 3.15, 3.4, 3.62, 3.8, and 3.95 eV have been observed in the PL spectra. The bands at 3.62, 3.8, 3.95 eV assigned to exciton annihilation. Emission at energies 3.15 and 3.4 eV shifts in red spectrum region with excitation energy decreasing. The shift is explained by photo-induced neutralization of charged defect states and the emission can be associated with radiative recombination of charge carriers localized on donor-acceptor pairs. Energy-resolved photoluminescence method reveals the excitation energy transfer channels. It has been found that excitons participate in process of energy transfer to donor-acceptor pairs, providing 3.4 eV band position invariant to the excitation energy.
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