Silicon Nanocrystallites in SiO2 Matrix: The Role of Disorder and Size

Details Silicon Nanocrystallites in SiO2 Matrix: The Role of Disorder and Size Silicon Nanocrystallites in SiO2 Matrix: The Role of Disorder and Size

2010-09-02

arxiv.org/abs/1009.0380v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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10.1103/PhysRevB.79.155320

We compare, through first-principles pseudopotential calculations, the structural, electronic and optical properties of different size silicon nanoclusters embedded in a SiO2 crystalline or amorphous matrix, with that of free-standing, hydrogenated and hydroxided silicon nanoclusters of corresponding size and shape. We find that the largest effect on the opto-electronic behavior is due to the amorphization of the embedded nanocluster. In that, the amorphization reduces the fundamental gap while increasing the absorption strength in the visible range. Increasing the nanocluster size does not change substantially this picture but only leads to the reduction of the absorption threshold, following the quantum confinement rule. Finally, through the calculation of the optical absorption spectra both in a indipendent-particle and many-body approach, we show that the effect of local fields is crucial for describing properly the optical behavior of the crystalline case while it is of minor importance for amorphous systems.

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