Ultraviolet light emission and excitonic fine structures in ultrathin single-crystalline indium oxide nanowires

Z. P. Wei, D. L. Guo, B. Liu, R. Chen, L. M. Wong, W. F. Yang, S. J. Wang, H. D. Sun, T. Wu

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Abstract

We report the ultraviolet light emission from ultrathin indium oxide ( In2 O3) nanowires fabricated by the vapor-liquid-solid method. The high crystalline quality of the samples is confirmed by using x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Strong ultraviolet light emission is consistently observed in the temperature dependent photoluminescence measurements carried out between 10 and 300 K. Emissions related to free excitons and bound exciton complexes, donor-acceptor pair transition and its relevant longitudinal optical phonon replicas are identified and their temperature-dependent evolution is discussed in details.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number031902
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume96
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

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Funding Information:
This work is supported by the Singapore National Research Foundation (Grant No. RCA-08/018), and MOE Grant No. RG40/07. The author (Z.P.W.) acknowledges the support under Project of Science Development Planning and Department of Education of Jilin Province under Grant Nos. 20090139, 20070519, 20080296, and 20080297.

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  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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