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Improvement of Operating Voltage and Luminescent Properties in Nanocrystalline Silicon Electroluminescent Device
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
We have investigated direct current (DC) operating voltage and luminescence properties of electroluminescent (EL) devices with and/or without a silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer in nanocrystalline Si (nc-Si) region/Si substrate interface. The device with the SiO2 layer showed red luminescence with a peak at 670 nm by applying the DC operating voltage above 4.0 V. When the SiO2 layer in the device was completely removed by the hydrofluoric acid (HF) treatment, the red luminescence from the device was observed at the DC operating voltage of 2.0 V. Moreover, the luminescent intensity was also increased more than one order of magnitude, because carriers were efficiently and easily injected into the nc-Si region by the removal of SiO2 layer. The red luminescence from the device could be clearly seen with the naked eye under the DC operating voltage above 3.0 V. These results indicate that the removal of SiO2 layer leads to the lowering of DC operating voltage and increase of luminance for the nc-Si based EL device.
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