Title :
The correlation between luminescence and transport in systems of silicon nano-crystallites
Author_Institution :
Racah Inst. of Phys., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
The transport in a system of silicon nanocrystals embedded in an insulating matrix is shown to behave as in granular metals. The percolation aspect of this transport was demonstrated clearly in our work, while the tunneling-Coulomb blockade aspects that were suggested by others, are indirectly manifested by the relation between the photoluminescence and the transport properties.
Keywords :
Coulomb blockade; elemental semiconductors; nanocomposites; percolation; photoluminescence; silicon; tunnelling; Si; Si nano-crystallite system luminescence/transport correlation; Si-SiO2; granular metals; insulating matrix embedded silicon nanocrystals; nanocrystalline silicon; photoluminescence; phototransport; transport percolation; transport properties; tunneling-Coulomb blockade; Absorption; Crystallization; Industrial relations; Insulation; Luminescence; Nanocrystals; Photoluminescence; Physics; Potential well; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference, 2002. CAS 2002 Proceedings. International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7440-1
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.2002.1105811
