Visible electroluminescence from silicon nanocrystals embedded in amorphous silicon nitride matrix

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作者：
Chen, LY
Chen, WH
Hong, FCN
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[1] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Dept Chem Engn, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
[2] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Ctr Micro Nano Technol, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2005年 / 86卷 / 19期
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10.1063/1.1925311
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要：
Visible electroluminescence from silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs) embedded in amorphous silicon nitride (a-SiNx) films has been observed. The Si-NC/a-SiNx films were deposited by evaporating silicon from electron gun into the inductively coupled plasma of nitrogen. The density of Si-NCs in the a-SiNx matrix was around 10(12) cm(-2). Strong room temperature photoluminescence was observed in 2.8 and 3.0 eV, different from literature values. The electroluminescence (EL) devices were fabricated with Si-NCs/a-SiNx film as the active layer using the Al or Ca/Ag cathode and the indium tin oxide anode. Through tunneling, the electrons and holes were respectively injected from the cathode and anode into Si-NCs and confined within Si-NCs for light emission by the high band gap a-SiNx matrix. For the device with Ca/Ag cathode, the turn-on voltage was as low as 10 V and the EL efficiency was about 1.6 x 10(-1) Cd/A. The EL spectra consisted of two broad peaks centered around 2.5 and 2.8 eV. Our results demonstrate that Si-NCs/a-SiNx nanocomposite films have potentials to be fabricated into electroluminescence devices using the low work function cathode. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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