Optical and electrochemical characteristics of niobium oxide films prepared by sol-gel process and magnetron sputtering: A comparison

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-296

  Özer, Nilgün ^a   Rubin, Michael D ^b   Lampert, Carl M ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

D.C. magnetron sputtering; Electrochromism; Niobia; Optical properties; Sol gel deposition

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEAT TREATMENT; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOL-GELS; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COLORATION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHROMIC COLORATION; ELECTROCHROMIC EFFECT; NIOBIUM OXIDE FILMS; PROPYLENE CARBONATE SOLUTION; SOL GEL SPIN COATING; STRUCTURAL CHANGES;

SOLAR CONTROL FILMS;

EID: 0030213056     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0927-0248(95)00147-6     Document Type: Article

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