Abstract
Optoelectronic properties of Si nanocrystals (SiNCs) were studied by combining scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and optical measurements. The photoluminescence (PL) of phenylacetylene functionalized SiNCs red shifts relative to hexyl- and phenyl-capped counterparts, whereas the absorption spectra and the band gaps extracted from STS are similar for all surface groups. However, an in-gap state near the conduction band edge was detected by STS only for the phenylacetylene terminated SiNCs, which can account for the PL shift via relaxation across this state.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7849-7853 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Nanoscale |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 21 Apr 2016 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science