Ultrafast Photoluminescence in Quantum-Confined Silicon Nanocrystals Arises from an Amorphous Surface Layer

Journal Article · Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · ACS Photonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ph500145p· OSTI ID:1385560

Hannah, Daniel C. ^[1]; Yang, Jihua ^[2]; Kramer, Nicolaas J. ^[2]; Schatz, George C. ^[1]; Kortshagen, Uwe R. ^[2]; Schaller, Richard D. ^[3]

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1. Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois 60208, United States
2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
3. Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois 60208, United States; Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States

• Research Organization: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics (CASP)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1385560
• Journal Information: ACS Photonics, Vol. 1, Issue 10; Related Information: CASP partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory (lead); University of California, Irvine; University of Colorado; Colorado School of Mines; George Mason University; Los Alamos National Laboratory; University of Minnesota; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; ISSN 2330-4022
• Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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