中国物理B ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (10): 106103-106103.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/19/10/106103

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Study of nanocrystalline VO2 thin films prepared by magnetron sputtering and post-oxidation

罗振飞, 吴志明, 许向东, 王涛, 蒋亚东   

  1. School of Optoelectronic Information, State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • 收稿日期:2009-12-09 修回日期:2010-04-12 出版日期:2010-10-15 发布日期:2010-10-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60736005).

Study of nanocrystalline VO2 thin films prepared by magnetron sputtering and post-oxidation

Luo Zhen-Fei(罗振飞), Wu Zhi-Ming(吴志明), Xu Xiang-Dong(许向东), Wang Tao(王涛), and Jiang Ya-Dong(蒋亚东)   

  1. School of Optoelectronic Information, State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • Received:2009-12-09 Revised:2010-04-12 Online:2010-10-15 Published:2010-10-15
  • Supported by:
    Project partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60736005).

摘要: Nanocrystalline VO2 thin films were deposited onto glass slides by direct current magnetron sputtering and post-oxidation. These films undergo semiconductor--metal transition at 70 du, accompanied by a resistance drop of two magnitude orders. The crystal structures and surface morphologies of the VO2 films were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscope (AFM), respectively. Results reveal that the average grain size of VO2 nanograins measured by XRD is smaller than those measured by AFM. In addition, Raman characterization indicates that stoichiometric VO2 and oxygen-rich VO2 phases coexist in the films, which is supported by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results. Finally, the optical properties of the VO2 films in UV-visible range were also evaluated. The optical band gap corresponding to 2p--3d inter-band transition was deduced according to the transmission and reflection spectra. And the deduced value, Eopt2p-3d=1.81 eV, is in good agreement with that previously obtained by theoretical calculation.

Abstract: Nanocrystalline VO2 thin films were deposited onto glass slides by direct current magnetron sputtering and post-oxidation. These films undergo semiconductor–metal transition at 70 $^\circ$C, accompanied by a resistance drop of two magnitude orders. The crystal structures and surface morphologies of the VO2 films were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscope (AFM), respectively. Results reveal that the average grain size of VO2 nanograins measured by XRD is smaller than those measured by AFM. In addition, Raman characterization indicates that stoichiometric VO2 and oxygen-rich VO2 phases coexist in the films, which is supported by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results. Finally, the optical properties of the VO2 films in UV-visible range were also evaluated. The optical band gap corresponding to 2p–3d inter-band transition was deduced according to the transmission and reflection spectra. And the deduced value, Eopt2p–3d=1.81 eV, is in good agreement with that previously obtained by theoretical calculation.

Key words: nanocrystal, vanadium dioxide, magnetron sputtering, post-oxidation

中图分类号:  (Nanocrystals)

  • 61.46.Hk
68.55.-a (Thin film structure and morphology) 78.30.Hv (Other nonmetallic inorganics) 78.66.Li (Other semiconductors) 81.15.Cd (Deposition by sputtering) 81.16.Pr (Micro- and nano-oxidation)