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Title: High stability of flexible perovskite transparent conductive oxide film via van der Waals heteroepitaxy

Abstract

Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs), such as indium-tin oxide (ITO) and indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO), are essential components in the design of flexible optoelectronic devices. However, it is still a challenge to prepare low-cost flexible transparent conductive film for achieving the flexible functionality together with high optical transparency and electrical conductivity. Herein, fluorphlogopite (mica) is selected as the bendable and transparent substrate for the fabrication of low-cost perovskite CaVO3 TCO epitaxial film. Benefitting from thin mica substrate with high Young’s modulus of 200 GPa, flexible CaVO3 TCO epitaxial film exhibits high mechanical stability in terms of electrical conductivity and optical transparency after bending up to 105 cycles. The change of resistance can reflect the bending curvature and strain state. Finally, our results provide a new pathway to design superior mechanical flexibility and stability CaVO3 TCO films for application in flexible, light-weight, and portable smart optoelectronic devices.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [4];  [1]
  1. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (China); Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics (NUAA), Nanjing (China)
  2. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  3. Suzhou University of Science and Technology (China)
  4. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (China); Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics (NUAA), Nanjing (China) ; Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China
OSTI Identifier:
1977236
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1820507
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0020077; N00014-20-1-2043; 11774172; 11974181; 12004179; 52102177; BK20210313
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 890; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0925-8388
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Chemistry; Materials Science; Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering; Transparent conducting oxides; CaVO3; Epitaxial thin films; Flexible; Optoelectronic devices

Citation Formats

Xu, Ruixing, Zhang, Xiyuan, Zhang, Di, Liu, Juncheng, Lu, Juanjuan, Zhao, Run, Ji, Yanda, Qian, Fengjiao, Wang, Haiyan, Fan, Jiyu, Li, Weiwei, and Yang, Hao. High stability of flexible perovskite transparent conductive oxide film via van der Waals heteroepitaxy. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161897.
Xu, Ruixing, Zhang, Xiyuan, Zhang, Di, Liu, Juncheng, Lu, Juanjuan, Zhao, Run, Ji, Yanda, Qian, Fengjiao, Wang, Haiyan, Fan, Jiyu, Li, Weiwei, & Yang, Hao. High stability of flexible perovskite transparent conductive oxide film via van der Waals heteroepitaxy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161897
Xu, Ruixing, Zhang, Xiyuan, Zhang, Di, Liu, Juncheng, Lu, Juanjuan, Zhao, Run, Ji, Yanda, Qian, Fengjiao, Wang, Haiyan, Fan, Jiyu, Li, Weiwei, and Yang, Hao. Fri . "High stability of flexible perovskite transparent conductive oxide film via van der Waals heteroepitaxy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161897. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1977236.
@article{osti_1977236,
title = {High stability of flexible perovskite transparent conductive oxide film via van der Waals heteroepitaxy},
author = {Xu, Ruixing and Zhang, Xiyuan and Zhang, Di and Liu, Juncheng and Lu, Juanjuan and Zhao, Run and Ji, Yanda and Qian, Fengjiao and Wang, Haiyan and Fan, Jiyu and Li, Weiwei and Yang, Hao},
abstractNote = {Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs), such as indium-tin oxide (ITO) and indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO), are essential components in the design of flexible optoelectronic devices. However, it is still a challenge to prepare low-cost flexible transparent conductive film for achieving the flexible functionality together with high optical transparency and electrical conductivity. Herein, fluorphlogopite (mica) is selected as the bendable and transparent substrate for the fabrication of low-cost perovskite CaVO3 TCO epitaxial film. Benefitting from thin mica substrate with high Young’s modulus of 200 GPa, flexible CaVO3 TCO epitaxial film exhibits high mechanical stability in terms of electrical conductivity and optical transparency after bending up to 105 cycles. The change of resistance can reflect the bending curvature and strain state. Finally, our results provide a new pathway to design superior mechanical flexibility and stability CaVO3 TCO films for application in flexible, light-weight, and portable smart optoelectronic devices.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161897},
journal = {Journal of Alloys and Compounds},
number = C,
volume = 890,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Fri Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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