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Multipeak-structured photoluminescence mechanisms of as-prepared and oxidized Si nanoporous pillar arrays |
| Xu Hai-Jun(许海军)†, Chan Yu-Fei(廛宇飞), and Su Lei(苏雷) |
| State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering and School of Science, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China |
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Abstract Silicon dominates the electronic industry, but its poor optical properties mean that it is not preferred for photonic applications. Visible photoluminescence (PL) was observed from porous Si at room temperature in 1990, but the origin of these light emissions is still not fully understood. This paper reports that an Si nanocrystal, silicon nanoporous pillar array (Si-NPA) with strong visible PL has been prepared on a Si wafer substrate by the hydrothermal etching method. After annealing in O2 atmosphere, the hydride coverage of the Si pillar internal surface is replaced by an oxide layer, which comprises of a great quantity of Si nanocrystal (nc-Si) particles and each of them are encapsulated by an Si oxide layer. Meanwhile a transition from efficient triple-peak PL bands from blue to red before annealing to strong double-peak blue PL bands after annealing is observed. Comparison of the structural, absorption and luminescence characteristics of the as-prepared and oxidized samples provides evidence for two competitive transition processes, the band-to-band recombination of the quantum confinement effect of nc-Si and the radiative recombination of excitons from the luminescent centres located at the surface of nc-Si units or in the Si oxide layers that cover the nc-Si units because of the different oxidation degrees. The sizes of nc-Si and the quality of the Si oxide surface are two major factors affecting two competitive processes. The smaller the size of nc-Si is and the stronger the oxidation degree of Si oxide layer is, the more beneficial for the luminescent centre recombination process to surpass the quantum confinement process is. The clarification on the origin of the photons may be important for the Si nanoporous pillar array to control both the PL band positions and the relative intensities according to future device requirements and further fabrication of optoelectronic nanodevices.
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Received: 10 May 2011
Revised: 08 June 2011
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PACS:
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78.55.-m
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(Photoluminescence, properties and materials)
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78.67.-n
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(Optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale materials and structures)
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78.66.-w
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(Optical properties of specific thin films)
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| Fund: Project supported by the Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 20090010120014), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 1103033), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. |
Cite this article:
Xu Hai-Jun(许海军), Chan Yu-Fei(廛宇飞), and Su Lei(苏雷) Multipeak-structured photoluminescence mechanisms of as-prepared and oxidized Si nanoporous pillar arrays 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 107801
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