Browsing by Author "Tai, Hung-Ming"

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Enhanced field emission characteristics in metal-coated Si-nanocones
(2013)
Chang, Yuan-Ming
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Kao, Pin-Hsu
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Tai, Hung-Ming
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Wang, Hau-Wei
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Lin, Chih-Ming
Metallic gold (Au) and platinum (Pt) thin films were deposited on silicon nanocones (Si-NCs) by sputtering to elucidate the effects of work function and conductivities on the field electron emission characteristics of surface-modified Si-NCs. The results showed that for Pt/Si-NCs and Au/Si-NCs, although the turn-on field defined at a corresponding current density of 10 mu A cm(-2) only improved from 4.20 V mu m(-1) for bare Si-NCs to 3.65 and 2.90 V mu m(-1), respectively, the emission current density measured at 5.00 V mu m(-1) was enhanced by orders of magnitude, reaching 1.82 mA cm(-2) for Au/Si-NCs. Compared to those obtained from various surface-modified Si-nanostructures, such as ZnO/Si-nanopillars and ferroelectrics/Si-nanotips, the current results represent an interesting alternative route for producing surface-modified Si-NCs that might be useful for optical and electronic applications.
Optoelectronic properties in vertically aligned ZnO/Si-nanopillars
(2012)
Lee, Hsin-Yi
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Chang, Yuan-Ming
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Tseng, Wen-Shou
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Kao, Pin-Hsu
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Wang, Hau-Wei
An effective method of fabricating vertically aligned silicon nanopillars (Si-NPs) was realized by using the self-assembled silver nanodots as natural metal-nanomask for subsequent etching process. Ultrathin (similar to 9 nm) ZnO films were deposited on the Si-NPs by atomic layer deposition to enhance the field emission property. The turn-on field defined by the 10 mu A/cm(2) current density criterion is similar to 0.74 V/mu m with an estimated beta similar to 1.33X10(4). The low turn-on field and marked enhancement in beta were attributed to the small radius of curvature, high aspect ratio, and perhaps more importantly, proper density distribution of the ZnO/Si-NPs. On the other hand, room-temperature ultraviolet (UV) luminescence was investigated for the atomic layer deposited ZnO films grown on Si nanowires fabricated by self-masking dry etching in hydrogen-containing plasma. For films deposited at 200 degrees C, an intensive UV emission corresponding to free-exciton recombination was observed with a nearly complete suppression of the defect-associated broad visible range emission peak.