Gas-phase plasma-synthesized silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs) are doped with boron (B) or phosphorous (P) during synthesis. The doping efficiency of B is smaller than that of P, consistent with the theoretical prediction of impurity formation energies. Despite vastly different synthesis conditions, the effect of doping on the photoluminescence (PL) of gas-phase-synthesized Si-NCs is qualitatively similar to that of Si-NCs doped during solid phase nucleation. Studies of oxidation-induced changes in PL and etching-induced changes in dopant concentration show that P resides at or near the Si-NC surface, while B is in the Si-NC cores. The oxidation of Si-NCs follows the Cabrera - Mott mechanism [N. Cabrera and N. F. Mott, Rep. Prog. Phys. 12, 163 (1948)]. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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