Room-Temperature Growth of Silicon Oxide Nanofilms: New Opportunities for Plastic Electronics

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (14) ◽  
pp. 2457-2459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmuth Hoffmann
1995 ◽  
Vol 402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adli A. Saleh ◽  
D. Peterson

AbstractA study of the room-temperature growth of ultrathin Ti films (up to 7 ML) on clean and atomically flat Si(111)- (7×7) surfaces using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and low energy electron diffraction (LEED) is presented. The variations in the Auger signal due to Si L2.3VV with binding energy of 92 eV are used to model the growth morphology of this system. These measurements indicate the growth of an initial disordered and continuous Ti film of up to 1.6 ML in thickness, where the LEED pattern completely disappears and the Si Auger signal is strongly attenuated. As more Ti is deposited, this is followed by the disintegration of the continuous film and the formation of an intermixed Ti/Si film. This is evidenced by a change in the slope of the Auger signal time (AST) plot, and the reappearance of the LEED pattern. The modification in the overlayer composition for films thicker than 1.6 ML is confirmed by a change in the Si L2.3VV Auger peak that resembles the peak shape due to TiSi2.


1996 ◽  
Vol 452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen L. Moore ◽  
Leonid Tsybeskov ◽  
Philippe M. Fauchet ◽  
Dennis G. Hall

AbstractRoom-temperature photoluminescence (PL) peaking at 1.1 eV has been found in electrochemically etched mesoporous silicon annealed at 950°C. Low-temperature PL spectra clearly show a fine structure related to phonon-assisted transitions in pure crystalline silicon (c-Si) and the absence of defect-related (e.g.P-line) and impurity-related (e.g.oxygen, boron) transitions. The maximum PL external quantum efficiency (EQE) is found to be better than 0.1% with a weak temperature dependence in the region from 12K to 400K. The PL intensity is a linear function of excitation intensity up to 100 W/cm2. The PL can be suppressed by an external electric field ≥ 105 V/cm. Room temperature electroluminescence (EL) related to the c-Si band-edge is also demonstrated under an applied bias ≤ 1.2 V and with a current density ≈ 20 mA/cm2. A model is proposed in which the radiative recombination originates from recrystallized Si grains within a non-stoichiometric Si-rich silicon oxide (SRSO) matrix.


1998 ◽  
Vol 536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Se-Young Seo ◽  
Jung H. Shin ◽  
Choochon Lee

AbstractThe photoluminescent properties of erbium doped silicon rich silicon oxide (SRSO) is investigated. The silicon content of SRSO was varied from 43 to 33 at. % and Er concentration was 0.4–0.7 at. % in all cases. We observe strong 1.54 μ m luminescence due to 4I13/2⇒4I15/2 Er3+ 4f transition, excited via energy transfer from carrier recombination in silicon nanoclusters to Er 4f shells. The luminescent lifetimes at the room temperature are found to be 4–7 msec, which is longer than that reported from Er in any semiconducting host material, and comparable to that of Er doped SiO2 and A12O3. The dependence of the Er3+ luminescent intensities and lifetimes on temperature, pump power and on background illumination shows that by using SRSO, almost all non-radiative decay paths of excited Er3+ can be effectively suppressed, and that such suppression is more important than increasing excitation rate of Er3+. A planar waveguide using Er doped SRSO is also demonstrated.


1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 1107-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Fa Yeh ◽  
Tai-Ju Chen ◽  
Ching-Lin Fan ◽  
Jiann-Shiun Kao

1996 ◽  
Vol 452 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Tsybeskov ◽  
K. L. Moore ◽  
P. M. Fauchet ◽  
D. G. Hall

AbstractSilicon-rich silicon oxide (SRSO) films were prepared by thermal oxidation (700°C-950°C) of electrochemically etched crystalline silicon (c-Si). The annealing-oxidation conditions are responsible for the chemical and structural modification of SRSO as well as for the intrinsic light-emission in the visible and near infra-red spectral regions (2.0–1.8 eV, 1.6 eV and 1.1 eV). The extrinsic photoluminescence (PL) is produced by doping (via electroplating or ion implantation) with rare-earth (R-E) ions (Nd at 1.06 μm, Er at 1.5 μm) and chalcogens (S at ∼1.6 μm). The impurities can be localized within the Si grains (S), in the SiO matrix (Nd, Er) or at the Si-SiO interface (Er). The Er-related PL in SRSO was studied in detail: the maximum PL external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 0.01–0.1% was found in samples annealed at 900°C in diluted oxygen (∼ 10% in N2). The integrated PL temperature dependence is weak from 12K to 300K. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) with an active layer made of an intrinsic and doped SRSO are manufactured and studied: room temperature electroluminescence (EL) from the visible to 1.6 μmhas been demonstrated.


2018 ◽  
Vol 215 (12) ◽  
pp. 1700749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Khmel ◽  
Evgeniy Baranov ◽  
Andrey Barsukov ◽  
Alexandr Zamchiy ◽  
Alexey Zaikovskii ◽  
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