Fabrication and optical properties of gallium phosphide nanoparticulate thin film

Abstract

The gallium phosphide (GaP) nanoparticulate thin films were fabricated by colloidal suspensions deposition with GaP nanoparticles dispersed in N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF). The microstructure and optical properties of the film have been studied by scanning electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscope, and optical absorption and fluorescence spectra. The morphology of the film was found to be composed of nanoparticle aggregates, and with an irregularly rough surface. From the result of fluorescence, it can be established that the film not only retains the violet and blue light emissions which ascribed to transition from conduction band to valence band of gallium phosphide particles, but has an excellent luminescence property. The correlation between the optical properties and the microstructure of the thin film is discussed.