Electron spin-resonance studies of conduction electrons in phosphorus-doped silicon nanocrystals

The properties of conduction electrons in P-doped Si nanocrystals embedded in insulating glass matrices have been studied by electron spin-resonance spectroscopy. For heavily P-doped samples, a broad conduction electron signal is observed at low temperatures. The width of the signal is found to be m...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied physics 2007-02, Vol.101 (3), p.033504-033504-5
Hauptverfasser: Sumida, Kazuaki, Ninomiya, Keiichi, Fujii, Minoru, Fujio, Kazuyoshi, Hayashi, Shinji, Kodama, Masafumi, Ohta, Hitoshi
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The properties of conduction electrons in P-doped Si nanocrystals embedded in insulating glass matrices have been studied by electron spin-resonance spectroscopy. For heavily P-doped samples, a broad conduction electron signal is observed at low temperatures. The width of the signal is found to be much broader than that of P-doped bulk Si crystals. The temperature dependence of the signal intensity obeys the Curie law even when the P concentration is very high. This suggests that in P-doped nanocrystals donor levels do not merge into the conduction band even at very high P concentration, and also provides evidence that Si nanocrystals smaller than a certain threshold size do not become metallic, at least when they are prepared under an equilibrium condition.
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.2432377