Evaluation of the radiative recombination mechanism in Si nanocrystals embedded in silica matrix

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2008-02-01

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Righini, Marcofabio
Gnoli, Andrea
Razzari, Luca
Serincan, Ugur
Turan, Raşit

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We report measurements of the temperature dependence of photoluminescence (PQ life-time and efficiency of Si nanocrystals (Si-Nc) embedded in silica matrix. We use a practical technique based on lock-in acquisition that allows us to simultaneously evaluate, at each emission-energy, intensity and decay-time of the detected signal. Samples are prepared by Silicon-ion implantation in a SiO2 layer followed by thermal annealing. The implantation dose of Si ions ranges between 2 x 10(16) cm(-2) and 2 x 10(17) cm(-2). Intensity of Si-Nc PL shows the characteristic rising by increasing the temperature up to similar to 100 K followed by a flattening or a weak reduction up to room temperature. This behaviour reveals a population of radiative states built up by a thermally activated process. Similarly, the measured PL decay-rate is not constant with temperature but shows evidence of a thermal activation. By measuring on different samples the activation energies E-a involved in the temperature dependence of PIL intensity and decay time we verify that in all these processes E-a is a decreasing function of implantation dose (i.e., of crystallite size). This result is consistent with models connecting radiative recombination to excitons confined inside Si-Nc, in seeming contrast with the common attribution of PL of non-passivated Si-Nc to the recombination from surface/interface states. To verify the consistency of this statement, we have compared our experimental data with the predictions of quantum confinement theory obtaining an excellent agreement.

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General Materials Science, Bioengineering, General Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, Biomedical Engineering

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37555

Journal

JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2008.a138

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Department of Physics, Article

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M. Righini, A. Gnoli, L. Razzari, U. Serincan, and R. Turan, “Evaluation of the radiative recombination mechanism in Si nanocrystals embedded in silica matrix,” JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, pp. 823–827, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37555.