We develop here a comprehensive experimental approach to independently determine charge carrier parameters, namely, carrier density and mass, in plasmonic indium tin oxide nanocrystals. Typically, in plasmonic nanocrystals, only the ratio between these two parameters is accessible through optical absorption experiments. The multitechnique methodology proposed here combines single particle and ensemble optical and magneto-optical spectroscopies, also using 119Sn solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to probe the surface depletion layer. Our methodology overcomes the limitations of standard fitting approaches based on absorption spectroscopy and ultimately gives access to carrier effective mass directly on the NCs, discarding the use of literature value based on bulk or thin film materials. We found that mass values depart appreciably from those measured on thin films; consequently, we found carrier density values that are different from reported literature values for similar systems. The effective mass was found to deviate from the parabolic approximation at a high carrier density. Finally, the dopant activation and defect diagram for ITO NCs for tin doping between 2.5 and 15% are determined. This approach can be generalized to other plasmonic heavily doped semiconductor nanostructures and represents, to the best of our knowledge, the only method to date to characterize the full Drude parameter space of 0-D nanosystems.

Direct Determination of Carrier Parameters in Indium Tin Oxide Nanocrystals

Geppi, Marco;Borsacchi, Silvia;
2024

Abstract

We develop here a comprehensive experimental approach to independently determine charge carrier parameters, namely, carrier density and mass, in plasmonic indium tin oxide nanocrystals. Typically, in plasmonic nanocrystals, only the ratio between these two parameters is accessible through optical absorption experiments. The multitechnique methodology proposed here combines single particle and ensemble optical and magneto-optical spectroscopies, also using 119Sn solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to probe the surface depletion layer. Our methodology overcomes the limitations of standard fitting approaches based on absorption spectroscopy and ultimately gives access to carrier effective mass directly on the NCs, discarding the use of literature value based on bulk or thin film materials. We found that mass values depart appreciably from those measured on thin films; consequently, we found carrier density values that are different from reported literature values for similar systems. The effective mass was found to deviate from the parabolic approximation at a high carrier density. Finally, the dopant activation and defect diagram for ITO NCs for tin doping between 2.5 and 15% are determined. This approach can be generalized to other plasmonic heavily doped semiconductor nanostructures and represents, to the best of our knowledge, the only method to date to characterize the full Drude parameter space of 0-D nanosystems.
2024
Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici - ICCOM -
plasmonics
electron energy loss spectroscopy
indium tin oxide
magneto-optics
nanocrystals
optoelectronic properties
solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance
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