Electronic density-of-states of amorphous vanadium pentoxide films: Electrochemical data and density functional theory calculations
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala (Sweden)
Thin films of V{sub 2}O{sub 5} were prepared by sputter deposition onto transparent and electrically conducting substrates and were found to be X-ray amorphous. Their electrochemical density of states was determined by chronopotentiometry and displayed a pronounced low-energy peak followed by an almost featureless contribution at higher energies. These results were compared with density functional theory calculations for amorphous V{sub 2}O{sub 5}. Significant similarities were found between measured data and computations; specifically, the experimental low-energy peak corresponds to a split-off part of the conduction band apparent in the computations. Furthermore, the calculations approximately reproduce the experimental band gap observed in optical measurements.
- OSTI ID:
- 22275569
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 18; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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