Polaron absorption in tungsten oxide nanoparticle aggregates

被引:45
作者
Niklasson, GA [1 ]
Klasson, J [1 ]
Olsson, E [1 ]
机构
[1] Uppsala Univ, Angstrom Lab, Dept Mat Sci, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden
关键词
nanoparticles; optical absorption; polaron; bandgap; tungsten oxide;
D O I
10.1016/S0013-4686(01)00388-7
中图分类号
O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
Small tungsten oxide nanoparticles were prepared from a heated tungsten filament, by gas evaporation in air at pressures between 1 and 9 Torr. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the median particle diameter increased with pressure during evaporation from 7 nm at 1 Torr to 21 nm at 9 Torr. X-ray diffraction measurements were in agreement with data for the monoclinic and triclinic structures of tungsten trioxide. Composition analysis by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry gave evidence for a substoichiometric composition of WO2.7 to WO2.8. Optical reflectance and transmittance of samples deposited on sapphire substrates were measured in the wavelength range of 0.2-10 mum. From these data the absorption coefficient of the particulate samples was obtained. A strong absorption peak in the near infrared was ascribed to polaron absorption. The peak wavelength consistently shifted towards longer wavelengths with increasing evaporation pressure. This is probably a particle size effect and may be connected to an observed bandgap widening with decreasing particle size. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1967 / 1971
页数:5
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