Characterization of niobium oxide electrochromic thin films prepared by reactive dc magnetron sputtering

被引:59
作者
Yoshimura, K [1 ]
Miki, T [1 ]
Iwama, S [1 ]
Tanemura, S [1 ]
机构
[1] DAIDO INST TECHNOL, DEPT ELECT ENGN, NAGOYA, AICHI 457, JAPAN
关键词
amorphous; crystallized; niobium oxide; surface morphology;
D O I
10.1016/0040-6090(96)08640-3
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Niobium oxide electrochromic thin films were prepared by reactive d.c. magnetron sputtering, and their physical properties, such as surface structure, composition, optical transmittance, reflectance and absorption, were studied. The surface morphology of the heated sample is very different from that of the unheated sample. Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) measurements show that the composition of the amorphous film is close to Nb2O5 as well as the crystallized sample. The crystallized and amorphous samples show very different absorption behavior. The band gap is estimated to be 3.41 eV for the crystallized sample and 3.45 eV for the amorphous sample.
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