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Carrier Dynamics in Silicon Nanocrystals and Porous Silicon Films

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Fine Particles Science and Technology

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In this short contribution I discuss recent work attempting to understand the photoluminescence of silicon nanocrystals and porous Si thin films. I also outline a simple model for transport and electroluminescence in porous Si liquid junction diodes.

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Brus, L. (1996). Carrier Dynamics in Silicon Nanocrystals and Porous Silicon Films. In: Pelizzetti, E. (eds) Fine Particles Science and Technology. NATO ASI Series, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0259-6_22

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