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Effects of surface oxide formation on germanium nanowire band-edge photoluminescence

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4812334· OSTI ID:22163065
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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)
  2. Laboratoire des Materiaux Semiconducteurs, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
The effect of intentional surface oxide formation on band-edge photoluminescence (PL) of Ge nanowires was investigated. Thermal oxidation in molecular O{sub 2} was used to produce a surface oxide layer on assemblies of single crystal nanowires grown by the vapor-liquid-solid method. With increasing oxidation of the wires, the band-edge PL associated with the indirect gap transition becomes more intense. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirms the formation of an increasingly GeO{sub 2}-like surface oxide under annealing conditions that enhance the indirect-gap PL, consistent with surface oxide passivation of nonradiative recombination centers initially present on the nanowire surface.
OSTI ID:
22163065
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 25 Vol. 102; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English