Silicon nanocrystals at elevated temperatures: Retention of photoluminescence and diamond silicon to β-silicon carbide phase transition

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9219-9223

  Rowland, Clare E ^a   Hannah, Daniel C ^a   Demortière, Arnaud ^b,c   Yang, Jihua ^d   Cook, Russell E ^b   Prakapenka, Vitali B ^e   Kortshagen, Uwe ^d   Schaller, Richard D ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

high temperature; nanocrystals; phase transition; photoluminescence; silicon

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; LIGANDS; MELTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR CELLS; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS;

SILICON;

EID: 84922905305     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5029967     Document Type: Article

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