0000000000230915
AUTHOR
Sihem Jaziri
Optical properties of exciton confinement in spherical ZnO quantum dots embedded in matrix
Abstract The optical characteristics of ZnO nanoparticles in SiO2 matrix have been determined by UV–visible and photoluminescence (PL) studies. The PL spectrum of the ZnO quantum dots shows two different bands: the first one is a broad green emission band related to deep level emission in the visible range and the second one is situated at 3.48 eV in the ultraviolet region, and is attributed to the recombination of electrons in the conduction band and holes in the valence band. The experimental result that we found was simulated numerically using different methods. Our calculations revealed a good agreement between the matrix element calculation method and the experimental result. We have a…
Optical properties of acceptor–exciton complexes in ZnO/SiO2 quantum dots
Abstract The binding energy E b of the acceptor–exciton complex (A − ,X) as a function of the radius (or of the impurity position of the acceptor) and the normalized oscillator strength of (A − ,X) in spherical ZnO quantum dots (QDs) embedded in a SiO 2 matrix are calculated using the effective-mass approximation under the diagonalzation matrix technique, including a three-dimensional confinement of the carrier in the QD and assuming a finite depth. Numerical results show that the binding energy of the acceptor–exciton complexes is particularly robust when the impurity position of the acceptor is in the center of the ZnO QDs. It has been clearly shown from our calculations that these physic…
ZnO nanoparticles embedded in UVM-7-like mesoporous silica materials: Synthesis and characterization
Abstract ZnO nanodomains embedded in bimodal mesoporous silica (UVM-7) materials with high Zn content (4≤Si/Zn≤30) have been synthesized by an one-pot surfactant-assisted procedure from a hydro alcoholic medium using a cationic surfactant (CTMABr=cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) as structural directing agent, and starting from molecular atrane complexes of Zn and Si as hydrolytic inorganic precursors. This chemical procedure allows optimizing the dispersion of the ZnO particles in the silica walls. The bimodal mesoporous nature of the final high surface area nano-sized materials is confirmed by XRD, TEM, and N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms. The small intra-particle mesopore system is due …
Energy of excitons and acceptor–exciton complexes to explain the origin of ultraviolet photoluminescence in ZnO quantum dots embedded in a SiO2 matrix
Abstract Assuming finite depth and within the effective mass approximation, the energies of exciton states and of the acceptor–exciton complexes confined in spherical ZnO quantum dots (QDs) embedded in a SiO2 matrix are calculated using a matrix procedure, including a three-dimensional confinement of carrier in the QDs. This theoretical model has been designed to illustrate the two emission bands in the UV region observed in our experimental Photoluminescence spectrum (PL), with the first emission band observed at 3.04 eV and attributed to the bound ionized acceptor–exciton complexes, and the second one located at 3.5 and assigned to the free exciton. Our calculations have revealed a good a…
Optical properties of an exciton bound to an ionized impurity in ZnO/SiO2 quantum dots
Abstract The energy of the ground and the excited states for the exciton and the binding energy of the acceptor–donor exciton complexes ( A − , X ) and ( D + , X ) as a function of the radius for an impurity position located in the center in the spherical ZnO quantum dots (QDs) embedded in a SiO2 matrix are calculated using the effective mass approximation under the diagonalzation matrix technique, including a three-dimensional confinement of carrier in the QD and assuming a finite depth. Numerical results show that the binding energy of the acceptor–donor exciton complexes is very sensitive to the quantum dot size. These results could be particularly helpful since they are closely related …