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Low-temperature photoluminescence study of ZnO:Ni nanowires

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ZnO:Ni nanowires have been fabricated through high-temperature vapor–solid deposition process. The morphology of the as-prepared samples was characterized by scanning electron microscopy. The temperature dependent of photoluminescence spectra was investigated. The low-temperature photoluminescence spectrum at 10–150 K shows that there is a multi-peak emission in the UV region. The multi-peak emissions are attributed to neutral acceptor-bound exciton, free electron to acceptor transition (FA), and first- and second-longitudinal optical phonon replicas emission (FA-1LO and FA-2LO), respectively. With increasing temperature, these bands show different temperature dependences. The FA and FA-1LO bands show a normal redshift with the increasing temperature, while the FX and FA-2LO bands exhibit an anomalous behavior. The origins of these bands and their temperature-dependent shifts are discussed.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 61601397 and 60277023).

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    Feihong Jiang

  2. Institute Optoelectronic Information Science and Techniques, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, People’s Republic of China

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Jiang, F., Zhang, J. Low-temperature photoluminescence study of ZnO:Ni nanowires. Appl. Phys. A 123, 548 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1157-1

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