Abstract
This letter reports photoluminescence properties of nanocrystalline BaTiO3. Two intense emission bands centered at 543 and 694 nm and a weak one at 574 nm have been observed at room temperature. The change of luminescence peak with different heat treatments correlates to the evolution of Ti4+ defects in the nanocrystalline BaTiO3 matrice. The light-emission mechanism is explained within the framework of self-trapped excitons by combining quantum-size confinement and dielectric confinement effects.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2807-2809 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 18 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 30 Oct 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |