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Title: Donor-acceptor-pair emission in fluorescent 4H-SiC grown by PVT method

Journal Article · · AIP Advances
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919012· OSTI ID:22488542
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  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050 (China)

Fluorescent SiC, which contains donor and acceptor impurities with optimum concentrations, can work as a phosphor for visible light emission by donor-acceptor-pair (DAP) recombination. In this work, 3 inch N-B-Al co-doped fluorescent 4H-SiC crystals are prepared by PVT method. The p-type fluorescent 4H-SiC with low aluminum doping concentration can show intensive yellow-green fluorescence at room temperature. N-B DAP peak wavelength shifts from 578nm to 525nm and weak N-Al DAP emission occurred 403/420 nm quenches, when the temperature increases from 4K to 298K. The aluminum doping induces higher defect concentration in the fluorescent crystal and decreases optical transmissivity of the crystal in the visible light range. It triggers more non-radiative recombination and light absorption losses in the crystal.

OSTI ID:
22488542
Journal Information:
AIP Advances, Vol. 5, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2015 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2158-3226
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English