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Energy Localisation and Surface Interactions in the Luminescence of Porous Silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

S. Gardelis ,
P. Dawson  and
B. Hamilton
S. Gardelis
Affiliation:
Centre for Electronic Materials & Pure and Applied Physics Department, University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, Manchester, M60 1QD, U.K.
P. Dawson
Affiliation:
Centre for Electronic Materials & Pure and Applied Physics Department, University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, Manchester, M60 1QD, U.K.
B. Hamilton
Affiliation:
Centre for Electronic Materials & Pure and Applied Physics Department, University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, Manchester, M60 1QD, U.K.
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Abstract

The fundamental mechanisms controlling the light emission from porous Si remain unresolved. In this paper we report attempts to modify the luminescence using a variety of surface processing steps, such as vacuum annealing with subsequent anneals in nitrogen and oxygen, exposure to hydrofluoric acid (HF) and rapid thermal oxidation. Luminescence, infrared absorption, and electron spin resonance (ESR) have all been used to gain more information on the link between the optical emission and the localisation of the electrons in this material system. We present evidence that the silicon dangling bond is the key component in the non-radiative recombination. This is based on measurements shown that hydrogen coverage of the surface is significant because of saturation of the dangling bonds and a subsequent reduction in the competing non-radiative paths rather than as an active component in the radiative transition. Finally, we focus our attention upon the lower energy band which appears in the luminescence spectrum of porous Si (∼0.9eV) by examining its behavior under the surface treatments mentioned above. We found that this luminescence band originates from the surface of the porous layer and its intensity correlates well with increasing oxidation of the porous layer.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 298: Symposium B – Silicon-Based Optoelectronic Materials , 1993 , 337
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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