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Peng Y, Liu Q, Chen S. Structural Engineering of Semiconductor Nanoparticles by Conjugated Interfacial Bonds. CHEM REC 2020; 20:41-50. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201900010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yi Peng
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California 1156 High Street Santa Cruz CA 95064 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California 1156 High Street Santa Cruz CA 95064 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California 1156 High Street Santa Cruz CA 95064 USA
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Pach GF, Carroll GM, Zhang H, Neale NR. Modulating donor–acceptor transition energies in phosphorus–boron co-doped silicon nanocrystals via X- and L-type ligands. Faraday Discuss 2020; 222:201-216. [DOI: 10.1039/c9fd00106a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We explore the effect of ligand binding groups on the photoluminescent properties of phosphorus–boron co-doped silicon nanocrystals (PB:Si NCs) by exploiting X-type (covalent) and L-type (Lewis donor molecule) bonding interactions.
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- Gregory F. Pach
- Chemistry and Nanoscience Center
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Golden
- USA
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- Chemistry and Nanoscience Center
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Golden
- USA
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- Chemistry and Nanoscience Center
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Golden
- USA
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- Chemistry and Nanoscience Center
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Golden
- USA
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Canham L. Introductory lecture: origins and applications of efficient visible photoluminescence from silicon-based nanostructures. Faraday Discuss 2020; 222:10-81. [DOI: 10.1039/d0fd00018c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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This review highlights many spectroscopy-based studies and selected phenomenological studies of silicon-based nanostructures that provide insight into their likely PL mechanisms, and also covers six application areas.
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- Leigh Canham
- School of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Birmingham
- Birmingham
- UK
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Angı A, Sinelnikov R, Heenen HH, Meldrum A, Veinot JGC, Scheurer C, Reuter K, Ashkenazy O, Azulay D, Balberg I, Millo O, Rieger B. The influence of conjugated alkynyl(aryl) surface groups on the optical properties of silicon nanocrystals: photoluminescence through in-gap states. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 29:355705. [PMID: 29862985 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aac9ef] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Developing new methods, other than size and shape, for controlling the optoelectronic properties of semiconductor nanocrystals is a highly desired target. Here we demonstrate that the photoluminescence (PL) of silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) can be tuned in the range 685-800 nm solely via surface functionalization with alkynyl(aryl) (phenylacetylene, 2-ethynylnaphthalene, 2-ethynyl-5-hexylthiophene) surface groups. Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy on single nanocrystals revealed the formation of new in-gap states adjacent to the conduction band edge of the functionalized SiNCs. PL red-shifts were attributed to emission through these in-gap states, which reduce the effective band gap for the electron-hole recombination process. The observed in-gap states can be associated with new interface states formed via (-Si-C≡C-) bonds in combination with conjugated molecules as indicated by ab initio calculations. In contrast to alkynyl(aryl)s, the formation of in-gap states and shifts in PL maximum of the SiNCs were not observed with aryl (phenyl, naphthalene, 2-hexylthiophene) and alkynyl (1-dodecyne) surface groups. These outcomes show that surface functionalization with alkynyl(aryl) molecules is a valuable tool to control the electronic structure and optical properties of SiNCs via tuneable interface states, which may enhance the performance of SiNCs in semiconductor devices.
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- Arzu Angı
- WACKER-Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, D-85747, Germany. Catalysis Research Center, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Straße 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Carroll GM, Limpens R, Neale NR. Tuning Confinement in Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals with Saturated Surface Ligands. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:3118-3124. [PMID: 29659285 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The optical properties of silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) are a subject of intense study and continued debate. In particular, Si NC photoluminescence (PL) properties are known to depend strongly on the surface chemistry, resulting in electron-hole recombination pathways derived from the Si NC band-edge, surface-state defects, or combined NC-conjugated ligand hybrid states. In this Letter, we perform a comparison of three different saturated surface functional groups-alkyls, amides, and alkoxides-on nonthermal plasma-synthesized Si NCs. We find a systematic and size-dependent high-energy (blue) shift in the PL spectrum of Si NCs with amide and alkoxy functionalization relative to alkyl. Time-resolved photoluminescence and transient absorption spectroscopies reveal no change in the excited-state dynamics between Si NCs functionalized with alkyl, amide, or alkoxide ligands, showing for the first time that saturated ligands-not only surface-derived charge-transfer states or hybridization between NC and low-lying ligand orbitals-are responsible for tuning the Si NC optical properties. To explain these PL shifts we propose that the atom bound to the Si NC surface strongly interacts with the Si NC electronic wave function and modulates the Si NC quantum confinement. These results reveal a potentially broadly applicable correlation between the optoelectronic properties of Si NCs and related quantum-confined structures based on the interaction between NC surfaces and the ligand binding group.
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- Gerard M Carroll
- Chemistry and Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- Chemistry and Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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- Chemistry and Nanoscience Center , National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States
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Peng WT, Fales BS, Shu Y, Levine BG. Dynamics of recombination via conical intersection in a semiconductor nanocrystal. Chem Sci 2018; 9:681-687. [PMID: 29629136 PMCID: PMC5869574 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04221c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Conical intersections are well known to introduce nonradiative decay pathways in molecules, but have only recently been implicated in nonradiative recombination processes in materials. Here we apply excited state ab initio molecular dynamics simulations based on a multireference description of the electronic structure to defective silicon nanocrystals up to 1.7 nm in diameter to search for accessible nonradiative recombination pathways. Dangling bond defects are found to induce conical intersections between the ground and first excited electronic states of five systems of various sizes. These defect-induced conical intersections are accessible at energies that are in the visible range (2.4-2.7 eV) and very weakly dependent on particle size. The dynamic simulations suggest that these intersections are accessed 40-60 fs after creation of a defect-localized excitation. This ultrafast recombination is attributed to the fact that Jahn-Teller distortion on the first excited state drives the defect directly towards a conical intersection with the ground electronic state.
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- Wei-Tao Peng
- Department of Chemistry , Michigan State University , East Lansing , MI 48824 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , The PULSE Institute , Stanford University , Stanford , CA 94305 , USA.,SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , CA 94025 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , MN 55455 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan State University , East Lansing , MI 48824 , USA .
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Mazzaro R, Romano F, Ceroni P. Long-lived luminescence of silicon nanocrystals: from principles to applications. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:26507-26526. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05208a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Understanding parameters affecting the luminescence of silicon nanocrystals will guide the design of improved systems for a plethora of applications.
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- Raffaello Mazzaro
- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”
- University of Bologna, and Interuniversity Center for the Chemical Conversion of Solar Energy (SolarChem)
- 40126 Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”
- University of Bologna, and Interuniversity Center for the Chemical Conversion of Solar Energy (SolarChem)
- 40126 Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”
- University of Bologna, and Interuniversity Center for the Chemical Conversion of Solar Energy (SolarChem)
- 40126 Bologna
- Italy
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Zhou T, Anderson RT, Li H, Bell J, Yang Y, Gorman BP, Pylypenko S, Lusk MT, Sellinger A. Bandgap Tuning of Silicon Quantum Dots by Surface Functionalization with Conjugated Organic Groups. NANO LETTERS 2015; 15:3657-3663. [PMID: 25971956 DOI: 10.1021/nl504051x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The quantum confinement and enhanced optical properties of silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) make them attractive as an inexpensive and nontoxic material for a variety of applications such as light emitting technologies (lighting, displays, sensors) and photovoltaics. However, experimental demonstration of these properties and practical application into optoelectronic devices have been limited as SiQDs are generally passivated with covalently bound insulating alkyl chains that limit charge transport. In this work, we show that strategically designed triphenylamine-based surface ligands covalently bonded to the SiQD surface using conjugated vinyl connectivity results in a 70 nm red-shifted photoluminescence relative to their decyl-capped control counterparts. This suggests that electron density from the SiQD is delocalized into the surface ligands to effectively create a larger hybrid QD with possible macroscopic charge transport properties.
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- Tianlei Zhou
- †Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, ‡Department of Physics, §Materials Science Program, ∥Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, ‡Department of Physics, §Materials Science Program, ∥Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, ‡Department of Physics, §Materials Science Program, ∥Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, ‡Department of Physics, §Materials Science Program, ∥Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, ‡Department of Physics, §Materials Science Program, ∥Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, ‡Department of Physics, §Materials Science Program, ∥Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, ‡Department of Physics, §Materials Science Program, ∥Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, ‡Department of Physics, §Materials Science Program, ∥Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, ‡Department of Physics, §Materials Science Program, ∥Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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