Origin of the green/blue luminescence from nanocrystalline silicon

Hideki Tamura, Thomas Wirschem, S. Vepřek

Applied Physics Letters · 1994 · 174 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

It is shown that the green/blue luminescence which is found in oxidized nanocrystalline and ‘‘porous’’ silicon is associated with the presence of OH groups adsorbed on structural defects in the SiO2 network.

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