Rutile to anatase phase transition in TiO2:Nb thin films by annealing in H2 atmosphere

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 826-829

  Potlog, T ^a   Dobromir, M ^b   Luca, D ^b   Onufrijevs, P ^c   Medvids, A ^c   Shamardin, A ^d  

^a MOLDOVA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Moldova)

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^c RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^d SUMY STATE UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

H2 annealing; Nb doped TiO2 thin films; Phase transition; Raman analysis; XPS; XRD

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ENERGY GAP; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NIOBIUM OXIDE; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANATASE PHASE; FRACTION PHASE; MIXED STRUCTURE; NB DOPED; RAMAN ANALYSIS; RF MAGNETRON SPUTTERING METHOD; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; XRD STUDIES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84966335440     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2016.04.021     Document Type: Article

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