Si-QD Synthesis for Visible Light Emission, Color Conversion, and Optical Switching
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Photoluminescence of Si-QD
3. Porous Si LED
4. Si-Implanted Si-QD LEDs
5. PECVD Grown Si-QD LED
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Cheng C-H, Lin G-R. Si-QD Synthesis for Visible Light Emission, Color Conversion, and Optical Switching. Materials. 2020; 13(16):3635. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13163635
Chicago/Turabian StyleCheng, Chih-Hsien, and Gong-Ru Lin. 2020. "Si-QD Synthesis for Visible Light Emission, Color Conversion, and Optical Switching" Materials 13, no. 16: 3635. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13163635