Abstract
We report strong visible photoluminescence (PL) at room temperature from oxidized Si nanometer-sized spheres with a spherical crystalline Si (c-Si) core and an amorphous (a-) surface layer. The peak energy of the broad PL spectrum is about 1.65 eV, which is independent of the core diameter. We propose a model in which excitons are confined on a spherical shell, an interfacial layer between the c-Si core and the a- surface layer, and in which the exciton confinement enhances the oscillator strength and the PL intensity.
- Received 17 May 1993
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.48.4883
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