Spectral behavior of the emission around 3.31 eV (A-line) from ZnO nanocrystals

The emission at around 3.31 eV (A-line) from three types of ZnO nanocrystals with different particle sizes (10–1000 nm) was studied. The photoluminescence (PL) measurements were performed under different excitation densities and at different temperatures. The A-line emission exhibited a strong dependence on temperature and excitation power density. With increasing excitation density and temperature overlapping of the closely spaced first longitudinal optical (LO) phonon replica of free excitons by the A-line emission was observed.