Issue 3, 2014

Low activation energy for the crystallization of amorphous silicon nanoparticles

Abstract

We have experimentally determined the crystallization rate of plasma-produced amorphous silicon powder undergoing in-flight thermal annealing, and have found a significant reduction in the activation energy for crystallization compared to amorphous silicon thin films. This finding allows us to shed light onto the mechanism leading to the formation of high quality nanocrystals in non-thermal plasmas.

Graphical abstract: Low activation energy for the crystallization of amorphous silicon nanoparticles

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 May 2013
Accepted
22 Nov 2013
First published
29 Nov 2013

Nanoscale, 2014,6, 1286-1294

Low activation energy for the crystallization of amorphous silicon nanoparticles

T. Lopez and L. Mangolini, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 1286 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02526H

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