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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zeng, Haibo
• Duan, Guotao
• Li, Yue
• Yang, Shikuan
• Xu, Xiaoxia
• Cai, Weiping

Titel

Blue Luminescence of ZnO Nanoparticles Based on Non-Equilibrium Processes: Defect Origins and Emission Controls

Ist Teil von

• Advanced functional materials, 2010-02, Vol.20 (4), p.561-572

Ort / Verlag

Weinheim: WILEY-VCH Verlag

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• High concentrations of defects are introduced into nanoscale ZnO through non‐equilibrium processes and resultant blue emissions are comprehensively analyzed, focusing on defect origins and broad controls. Some ZnO nanoparticles exhibit very strong blue emissions, the intensity of which first increase and then decrease with annealing. These visible emissions exhibit strong and interesting excitation dependences: 1) the optimal excitation energy for blue emissions is near the bandgap energy, but the effective excitation can obviously be lower, even 420 nm (2.95 eV < Eg = 3.26 eV); in contrast, green emissions can be excited only by energies larger than the bandgap energy; and, 2) there are several fixed emitting wavelengths at 415, 440, 455 and 488 nm in the blue wave band, which exhibit considerable stability in different excitation and annealing conditions. Mechanisms for blue emissions from ZnO are proposed with interstitial‐zinc‐related defect levels as initial states. EPR spectra reveal the predominance of interstitial zinc in as‐prepared samples, and the evolutions of coexisting interstitial zinc and oxygen vacancies with annealing. Furthermore, good controllability of visible emissions is achieved, including the co‐emission of blue and green emissions and peak adjustment from blue to yellow. Blue luminescences of ZnO nanoparticles are comprehensively analyzed by excitation‐dependent photoluminescence spectra, excitation spectra, and electron paramagnetic resonance. The mechanisms of blue emissions of ZnO are proposed with Zni‐related defect levels as initial states. Furthermore, good controllability of visible emissions is achieved, including the co‐emitting of blue and green emissions, and the peak adjustment from blue to yellow.