10.1007/s40097-015-0150-5

DFT/TDDFT study of electronic and optical properties of Surface-passivated Silicon nanocrystals, Sin (n = 20, 24, 26 and 28)

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  • S. Chopra*1,
  • B. Rai1,
  1. Department of Physics, AIAS, Amity University, Noida, IN
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Published in Issue 24-02-2015

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Chopra, S., & Rai, B. (2015). DFT/TDDFT study of electronic and optical properties of Surface-passivated Silicon nanocrystals, Sin (n = 20, 24, 26 and 28). Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 5(2 (June 2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40097-015-0150-5
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Abstract

Abstract Density functional theory and Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT)-based calculations were performed on surface-passivated Silicon nanocrystals (SPSNs) of different sizes. The surface passivation was achieved using H, F and Cl atoms. Various properties of the resulting optimized structures Si n H n , Si n H n−1 F and Si n H n−1 Cl ( n  = 20, 24, 26 and 28) like binding Energy, dipole moment, HOMO–LUMO gap, vibrational IR spectra and absorption wavelengths were determined. Surface passivation studies reveal that all the SPSNs are insulators and TDDFT study performed using two basis sets 6-31G and 6-31+G (d,p) shows that the maximum optical absorption of all the samples lie in the UV region, except for Si 28 H 27 F SPSN which shows maximum absorption at ~588 nm. The absorption transitions in the Si n H n , Si n H n−1 F and Si n H n−1 Cl were characterized to be from pi→pi* transitions. Graphical Abstract

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  • Surface passivation,
  • Silicon nanocrystals,
  • DFT,
  • TDDFT,
  • Optical absorption
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