“…The UV emission is known to be caused by the band-to-band excitonic recombination which is highly pronounced when the density of defects causing the intra-band transitions is suppressed. The visible emissions, on the other hand, are associated with deep-level emissions (DLEs) and are due to the recombination of photo-generated carriers with various types of intrinsic defects such as oxygen/zinc vacancies, interstitials, and anti-sites [ 5 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ]. As shown in the spectra, the UV emissions from the NRs were greatly influenced by the O 2 -plasma treatment for the SL.…”