Green luminescence from Cu-doped ZnO nanorods: Role of Zn vacancies and negative thermal quenching

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作者
Huang, X. H. [1 ]
Zhang, C. [2 ]
Tay, C. B. [3 ]
Venkatesan, T. [1 ,3 ]
Chua, S. J. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Fac Engn, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Singapore 117576, Singapore
[2] Singapore MIT Alliance, Singapore 117576, Singapore
[3] Natl Univ Singapore, NUSNNI Nanocore, Singapore 117411, Singapore
关键词
OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; EMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; COPPER; BAND;
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10.1063/1.4798240
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Bright and stable structured green luminescence (GL) is achieved from solution-grown Cu-doped ZnO nanorods. Dependence of photoluminescence on the annealing parameters reveals that GL is correlated with creation of Zn vacancies (V-Zn) and then formation of Cu dopants at Zn sites (Cu-Zn). High internal quantum efficiency (43%) of the GL can be sustained up to 240K due to negative thermal quenching. In contrast to the poor stability of defects-related visible emission, the structured GL shows good stability with respect to sample heating. Cu-doped ZnO nanorods with strong and stable GL have potential applications in visible light display and lighting. (C) 2013 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4798240]
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