Citation
Lopez Ponce, Manuel and Hierro Cano, Adrián and Ulloa Herrero, José María and Lefebvre, P. and Muñoz Merino, Elias and Agouram, Said and Muñoz Sanjosé, Vicente and Yamamoto, K. and Nakamura, A. and Temmyo, J.
(2013).
Optical properties and microstructure of 2.02-3.30 eV ZnCdO nanowires: effect of thermal annealing.
"Applied Physics Letters", v. 102
(n. 14);
pp..
ISSN 0003-6951.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4799491.
Abstract
ZnCdO nanowires with up to 45% Cd are demonstrated showing room temperature photoluminescence (PL) down to 2.02 eV and a radiative efficiency similar to that of ZnO nanowires. Analysis of the microstructure in individual nanowires confirms the presence of a single wurtzite phase even at the highest Cd contents, with a homogeneous distribution of Cd both in the longitudinal and transverse directions. Thermal annealing at 550 °C yields an overall improvement of the PL, which is blue-shifted as a result of the homogeneous decrease of Cd throughout the nanowire, but the single wurtzite structure is fully maintained.