Tunable Light Emission from Quantum-Confined Excitons in TiSi2-Catalyzed Silicon Nanowires
- 9 August 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Nano Letters
- Vol. 6 (9), 2140-2144
- https://doi.org/10.1021/nl061287m
Abstract
Visible and near-infrared photoluminescence (PL) at room temperature is reported from Si nanowires (NWs) grown by chemical vapor deposition from TiSi2 catalyst sites. NWs grown with average diameter of 20 nm were etched and oxidized to thin and passivate the wires. The PL emission blue shifted continuously with decreasing nanowire diameter. Slowed oxidation was observed for small nanowire diameters and provides a high degree of control over the emission wavelength. Transmission electron microscopy, PL, and time-resolved PL data are fully consistent with quantum confinement of charge carriers in the Si nanowire core being the source of luminescence. These light emitting nanowires could find application in future CMOS-compatible photonic devices.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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