<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper investigations of structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline Ti-V oxide thin films are described. The films were deposited onto Corning 7059 glass using a modified reactive magnetron sputtering method. Structural investigations of prepared Ti-V oxides with vanadium addition of 19 at. % revealed amorphous structure, while incorporation of 21 and 23 at. % of vanadium resulted in V2O5 formation with crystallites sizes of 12.7 and 32.4 nm, respectively. All prepared thin films belong to transparent oxide semiconductors due to their high transmission level of ca. 60–75 % in the visible light range, and resistivity in the range of 3.3·102–1.4·105 Ωcm. Additionally, wettability and hardness tests were performed in order to evaluate the usefulness of the films for functional coatings.</p></abstract>

In this paper investigations of structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline Ti-V oxide thin films are described. The films were deposited onto Corning 7059 glass using a modified reactive magnetron sputtering method. Structural investigations of prepared Ti-V oxides with vanadium addition of 19 at. % revealed amorphous structure, while incorporation of 21 and 23 at. % of vanadium resulted in V2O5 formation with crystallites sizes of 12.7 and 32.4 nm, respectively. All prepared thin films belong to transparent oxide semiconductors due to their high transmission level of ca. 60–75 % in the visible light range, and resistivity in the range of 3.3·102–1.4·105 Ωcm. Additionally, wettability and hardness tests were performed in order to evaluate the usefulness of the films for functional coatings.

Investigation of physicochemical and tribological properties of transparent oxide semiconducting thin films based on Ti-V oxides

Faculty of Microsystem Electronics and Photonics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Janiszewskiego 11/17, 50-372, Wroclaw, Poland

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Kaliskiego 7, 85-796, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Materials Science-Poland

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In this paper investigations of structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline Ti-V oxide thin films are described. The films were deposited onto Corning...

Investigation of physicochemical and tribological properties of transparent oxide semiconducting thin films based on Ti-V oxides

Publié en ligne: 29 août 2013

Pages: 434 - 445

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-013-0122-8

Mots clés
Ti-V oxide thin films, transparent oxide semiconductors, magnetron sputtering, tribological properties

© 2013 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Investigation of physicochemical and tribological properties of transparent oxide semiconducting thin films based on Ti-V oxides

Publié en ligne: 29 août 2013

Pages: 434 - 445

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-013-0122-8

Mots clésTi-V oxide thin films, transparent oxide semiconductors, magnetron sputtering, tribological properties

© 2013 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Ti-V oxide thin films, transparent oxide semiconductors, magnetron sputtering, tribological properties