Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of Porous Silicon Nanowire Arrays

Autor: Wang Yan, Lin Linhan, Guo Siping, Sun Xianzhong, Feng Jiayou
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Nanoscale Research Letters, Vol 5, Iss 11, Pp 1822-1828 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1931-7573
1556-276X
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9719-6
Popis: Abstract Herein, we prepare vertical and single crystalline porous silicon nanowires (SiNWs) via a two-step metal-assisted electroless etching method. The porosity of the nanowires is restricted by etchant concentration, etching time and doping lever of the silicon wafer. The diffusion of silver ions could lead to the nucleation of silver nanoparticles on the nanowires and open new etching ways. Like porous silicon (PS), these porous nanowires also show excellent photoluminescence (PL) properties. The PL intensity increases with porosity, with an enhancement of about 100 times observed in our condition experiments. A “red-shift” of the PL peak is also found. Further studies prove that the PL spectrum should be decomposed into two elementary PL bands. The peak at 850 nm is the emission of the localized excitation in the nanoporous structure, while the 750-nm peak should be attributed to the surface-oxidized nanostructure. It could be confirmed from the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analyses. These porous SiNW arrays may be useful as the nanoscale optoelectronic devices.
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