Picosecond Carrier Recombination of Single-Crystalline GaN Nanorods Grown on Si(111) Substrates

Abstract

Time-resolved photoluminescence measurement was performed on one-dimensional GaN nanorods with c-axis-oriented single-crystalline wurtzite structures. The GaN nanorods were grown on Si(111) substrates by an improved hydride vapor phase epitaxy without a catalyst. Fast carrier recombinations of less than 10 ps were observed. The short recombination times of the GaN nanorods with few defects show the presence of nonradiative fast recombinations at the surface and interface.