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First-Principles Study of the Band Gap Structure of Oxygen-Passivated Silicon Nanonets

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Title
First-Principles Study of the Band Gap Structure of Oxygen-Passivated Silicon Nanonets
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Discover Nano, February 2009
DOI 10.1007/s11671-009-9259-0
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Authors

Linhan Lin, DeXing Li, Jiayou Feng

Abstract

A net-like nanostructure of silicon named silicon nanonet was designed and oxygen atoms were used to passivate the dangling bonds. First-principles calculation based on density functional theory with the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) were carried out to investigate the energy band gap structure of this special structure. The calculation results show that the indirect-direct band gap transition occurs when the nanonets are properly designed. This band gap transition is dominated by the passivation bonds, porosities as well as pore array distributions. It is also proved that Si-O-Si is an effective passivation bond which can change the band gap structure of the nanonets. These results provide another way to achieve a practical silicon-based light source.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 8%
Unknown 12 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 46%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 15%
Student > Bachelor 1 8%
Lecturer 1 8%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 1 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Materials Science 5 38%
Physics and Astronomy 2 15%
Engineering 2 15%
Chemistry 2 15%
Social Sciences 1 8%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 1 8%
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Attention Score in Context

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#8,535,472
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#227
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