Impact of the structural characteristics on the performance of light emitting capacitors using nanometric SRO multilayers fabricated by LPCVD

Abstract This work relates the electrical, luminescent and morphological characteristics of two light emitting capacitors composed by multilayers of Silicon Rich Oxide (SRO). Multilayers alternate four conductive SRO layers (silicon excess of 12 or 14 at %) with three emitting SRO layers (silicon ex...

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Authors: MARIANO ACEVES MIJARES, Jesús Alarcón Salazar, Ignacio Enrique Zaldívar Huerta, Alfredo Morales Sánchez
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:México
Institution:Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados
Repository:Fuente de Objetos Científicos Open Access del CIMAV
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:cimav.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1004/2424
Online Access:http://cimav.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1004/2424
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
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Summary:Abstract This work relates the electrical, luminescent and morphological characteristics of two light emitting capacitors composed by multilayers of Silicon Rich Oxide (SRO). Multilayers alternate four conductive SRO layers (silicon excess of 12 or 14 at %) with three emitting SRO layers (silicon excess of 6 at %). Transmission electron microscopy reveals that multilayers present welldefined layers. Furthermore, it was found that layers with high silicon content induce growing of Si-nanocristals size on layers with lower silicon excess. After the first current versus voltage measurement, electroforming produces arrays of trajectories with high silicon content. These conductive paths allow that the LEC achieves higher currents with lower voltages, preserving the emitting characteristics of SRO layers. Consequently, the electroluminescence intensity is improved as well as the blue emission depending on the conductive SRO layers. © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of the 30th Eurosensors Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of the 30th Eurosensors Conference