Marked increase in photoluminescence from porous Si aged in ethanol solution

作者：Matsumoto Kimihisa^*; Nishio Ryosuke; Nomura Takashi; Kamiya Kazuhide; Inada Mitsuru; Suzuki Shinya

来源：Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2015, 54(2): 021301.

DOI：10.7567/JJAP.54.021301

Photoluminescence properties of porous Si aged in ethanol solution and porous Si films aged in ambient air were studied. It was shown that the photoluminescence properties of porous Si strongly depend on aging time and environmental conditions. The photoluminescence intensity of porous Si dispersed in ethanol solution increases 50-fold with aging for 7d. This increase is accompanied by increases in Si-O bond density and lifetime, indicating that the electron hole pair is strongly confined by the formation of surface oxide thin films. The photoluminescence intensity of porous Si films decreases with aging in ambient air, suggesting that nonradiative recombination centers are formed by natural oxidation.

• 出版日期2015-2