Brightly photoluminescent phosphor materials based on silicon quantum dots with oxide shell passivation

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 101, 2012, Pages A69-A74

  Tu, Chang Ching ^a   Zhang, Qifeng ^a   Lin, Lih Y ^a   Cao, Guozhong ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PASSIVATION; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ALKOXYSILANES; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ISOTROPIC ETCHING; NON-POLAR SOLVENTS; OXIDE SHELL; PASSIVATING SHELLS; PHOSPHOR MATERIALS; SILICON PARTICLES; SILICON QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON-BASED; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; STABLE SUSPENSIONS;

SILICON WAFERS;

OXIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ILLUMINATION; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY;

LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; OXIDES; QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84855464820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.000A69     Document Type: Article

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