Preparation and characteristics of vanadium oxide thin films by controlling the sputtering voltage

Xiongbang Wei, Shibin Li, Jun Gou, Xiang Dong, Xiaohui Yang, Weizhi Li, Tao Wang, Zhiming Wu, Yadong Jiang, Zhi Chen

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Abstract

Influence of sputtering voltage on the deposition process and characteristics of vanadium oxide thin films prepared by reactive DC magnetron sputtering is investigated. The target surface cleaning is controlled by adjusting the sputtering voltage. During the sputtering process, the sputtering voltage increases faster with larger O2 gas flow rate. The sputtering voltage is easy to be stable with larger sputtering voltage. The measured sputtering voltage is correlated to the ion induced secondary electron emission (ISEE) coefficient of the target material. The ISEE coefficient of the oxidized vanadium target surface is lower than the ISEE coefficient of the vanadium metal. The semiconductor to metal (S-M) phase transition temperature decreases with the sputtering voltage, leading to the lower the corresponding temperature of the maximum temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR). By this way, O/V ratio, R, and TCR of VOx films can be controlled by adjusting the sputtering voltage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1419-1423
Number of pages5
JournalOptical Materials
Volume36
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2014

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61101030 and 61204098 ) and National Higher-education Institution General Research and Development Funding ( ZYGX2013J063 ).

Keywords

  • ISEE coefficient
  • S-M phase transition
  • Sputtering voltage
  • Vanadium oxide thin film deposition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Spectroscopy
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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