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Title: Efficient Carrier Multiplication in Colloidal Silicon Nanorods

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In this study, auger recombination lifetimes, absorption cross sections, and the quantum yields of carrier multiplication (CM), or multiexciton generation (MEG), were determined for solvent-dispersed silicon (Si) nanorods using transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS). Nanorods with an average diameter of 7.5 nm and aspect ratios of 6.1, 19.3, and 33.2 were examined. Colloidal Si nanocrystals of similar diameters were also studied for comparison. The nanocrystals and nanorods were passivated with organic ligands by hydrosilylation to prevent surface oxidation and limit the effects of surface trapping of photoexcited carriers. All samples used in the study exhibited relatively efficient photoluminescence. The Auger lifetimes increased with nanorod length, and the nanorods exhibited higher CM quantum yield and efficiency than the nanocrystals with a similar band gap energy Eg. Beyond a critical length, the CM quantum yield decreases. Finally, nanorods with the aspect ratio of 19.3 had the highest CM quantum yield of 1.6 ± 0.2 at 2.9Eg, which corresponded to a multiexciton yield that was twice as high as observed for the spherical nanocrystals.

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  1. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Materials Institute, Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology
  2. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Department of Chemistry; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials
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Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Welch Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1414421
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nano Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; Auger recombination; Carrier multiplication; multiple exciton generation; nanorods; quantum confinement; silicon nanocrystals

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Stolle, Carl Jackson, Lu, Xiaotang, Yu, Yixuan, Schaller, Richard D., and Korgel, Brian A. Efficient Carrier Multiplication in Colloidal Silicon Nanorods. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02386.
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Stolle, Carl Jackson, Lu, Xiaotang, Yu, Yixuan, Schaller, Richard D., & Korgel, Brian A. Efficient Carrier Multiplication in Colloidal Silicon Nanorods. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02386
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Stolle, Carl Jackson, Lu, Xiaotang, Yu, Yixuan, Schaller, Richard D., and Korgel, Brian A. Tue . "Efficient Carrier Multiplication in Colloidal Silicon Nanorods". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02386. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1414421.
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@article{osti_1414421,
title = {Efficient Carrier Multiplication in Colloidal Silicon Nanorods},
author = {Stolle, Carl Jackson and Lu, Xiaotang and Yu, Yixuan and Schaller, Richard D. and Korgel, Brian A.},
abstractNote = {In this study, auger recombination lifetimes, absorption cross sections, and the quantum yields of carrier multiplication (CM), or multiexciton generation (MEG), were determined for solvent-dispersed silicon (Si) nanorods using transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS). Nanorods with an average diameter of 7.5 nm and aspect ratios of 6.1, 19.3, and 33.2 were examined. Colloidal Si nanocrystals of similar diameters were also studied for comparison. The nanocrystals and nanorods were passivated with organic ligands by hydrosilylation to prevent surface oxidation and limit the effects of surface trapping of photoexcited carriers. All samples used in the study exhibited relatively efficient photoluminescence. The Auger lifetimes increased with nanorod length, and the nanorods exhibited higher CM quantum yield and efficiency than the nanocrystals with a similar band gap energy Eg. Beyond a critical length, the CM quantum yield decreases. Finally, nanorods with the aspect ratio of 19.3 had the highest CM quantum yield of 1.6 ± 0.2 at 2.9Eg, which corresponded to a multiexciton yield that was twice as high as observed for the spherical nanocrystals.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02386},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 9,
volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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