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Bandgap widening in thermochromic Mg-doped VO{sub 2} thin films: Quantitative data based on optical absorption

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826444· OSTI ID:22217903
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  1. Department of Engineering Sciences, The Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 534, SE-75121 Uppsala (Sweden)
  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala (Sweden)
  3. KTH-ICT, Royal Institute of Technology, Electrum 229, SE-164 40 Kista-Stockholm (Sweden)
Thermochromic Mg-doped VO{sub 2} films were deposited by reactive direct current magnetron sputtering onto heated glass and carbon substrates. Elemental compositions were inferred from Rutherford backscattering. Optical bandgaps were obtained from spectral transmittance and reflectance measurements—from both the film side and the back side of the samples—and ensuing determination of absorption coefficients. The bandgap of Mg-doped films was found to increase by 3.9 ± 0.5 eV per unit of atom ratio Mg/(Mg + V) for 0 < Mg/(Mg + V) < 0.21. The presence of ∼0.45 at. % Si enhanced the bandgap even more.
OSTI ID:
22217903
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 103; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English