Light emission and excitonic effect of boron nitride nanotubes observed by photoluminescent spectra

Hua Chen; Ying Chen; Yun Liu; Chao Nan Xu; Jim S. Williams

doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2006.05.006

Light emission and excitonic effect of boron nitride nanotubes observed by photoluminescent spectra

Hua Chen, Ying Chen, Yun Liu^*, Chao Nan Xu, Jim S. Williams

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Abstract

Photoluminescent (PL) and optical absorption spectra of high-yield multi-wall BN nanotubes (BNNTs) were systematically investigated at room temperature in comparison with commercial hexagonal BN (h-BN) powder. The direct band gap of the BNNTs was determined to be 5.75 eV, just slightly narrower than that of h-BN powder (5.82 eV). Two Frenkel excitons with the binding energy of 1.27 and 1.35 eV were also determined. However, they were not a distinctive characteristic of the BNNTs as reported previously. Observed broad UV-visible-NIR light emission demonstrates the potential of the BNNTs as a nano light source.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1295-1298
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optical Materials
Volume	29
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2006.05.006
Publication status	Published - Jul 2007

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Light emission and excitonic effect of boron nitride nanotubes observed by photoluminescent spectra

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