Abstract Photoluminescence (PL) intensity of passivated silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) embeded in an SiO2 matrix is compared with that of unpassivated ones. We investigate the relative enhancement of PL intensity (IR) as a function of annealing temperature and implanted Si ion dose. The IR increases simultaneously with the annealing temperature. This demonstrates an increase in the number of dangling bonds (DBs) with the degree of Si crystallization via varying the annealing temperature. The increase in IR with implanted Si ion dose is also observed. We believe that the near-field interaction between DBs and neighboring Si NCs is an additional factor that reduces the PL efficiency of unpassivated Si NCs.
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