Characterization, optical properties and electron(exciton)-phonon interaction in bulk In2Se3 crystals and InSe nanocrystals in In2nSe3 confinement

TL;DR

This study investigates the optical properties and electron-phonon interactions in bulk In2Se3 crystals and InSe nanocrystals within In2Se3, revealing insights into band-gap behavior, exciton dynamics, and nanocrystal effects.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of electron-phonon interactions and optical properties in In2Se3 and InSe nanocrystals, highlighting the effects of nanocrystal size and confinement.

Findings

Determined the band-gap width and exciton binding energy of In2Se3.

Identified the frequency of the half-layer A-phonon involved in electron-phonon interactions.

Observed a blue shift of the band-gap in InSe nanocrystals confined in In2Se3.

Abstract

Complex electron-microscopic, energy-dispersed and wide-temperature optical absorption and photoluminescence (PL) investigations are carried out into Bridgeman-grown layered In2Se3 crystals. It is shown that In2Se3 crystals as a whole have a homogeneous concentration of In and Se atoms, corresponding with In2Se3 stoichiometry. Nevertheless, In2Se3 crystals contain a significant amount of dislocations, on which nano-sized interspersions of crystal phases of pure InSe, In6Se7 and monoclinic red Se settle down. Optical wide-temperature investigations of In2Se3 allow us to do the following: establish the width of the band-gap, the exciton binding energy; determine the frequency of a half-layer A-phonon, which takes part in electron (exciton)-phonon interaction; and to evaluate the effective masses of carriers and the dielectric permeability. Finally, blue shift of the band-gap and character of the electron (exciton)-phonon interaction of nano-sized 3D InSe crystals confined in an In2Se3 crystal matrix; influence of an InSe nanocrystal radius and of an ensemble of 3D InSe nanocrystals with different radii for an increase of the exciton emission/absorption half-width line with temperature and radii of InSe nanocrystals are discussed.