Si3O cluster: excited properties under external electric field and oxygen-deficient defect models

This paper investigates the excited states of Si₃O molecule by using the single-excitation configuration interaction and density functional theory. It finds that the visible light absorption spectrum of Si₃O molecule comprises the yellow and the purple light without external electric field, however all the visible light is included except the green light under the action of external electric field. Oxygen-deficient defects, which also can be found in Si₃O molecule, have been used to explain the luminescence from silicon-based materials but the microstructures of the materials are still uncertain. Our results accord with the experimental values perfectly, this fact suggests that the structure of Si₃O molecule is expected to be one of the main basic structures of the materials, so the oxygen-deficient defect structural model for Si₃O molecule also has been provided to research the structures of materials.