Affiliation:
1. Achievers University
2. Delta State University
Abstract
We have employed a quantum confinement (QC) model to the study of different shapes of nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) quantum dot. Each dots (shapes), although within the limits of an effective diameter of 3nm, exhibits divergence leading to different electronic energy based on the transitions from the quantum selection rule. Also, the graphical representation of the energies from each shape as a function of the effective diameter gives a qualitatively similar spectrum of discrete energies. The results obtained in this work using QC model are in good agreement with experiment and other models in literature.
Publisher
AOA Academic Open Access Ltd.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
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