structural, optical and electrochromic properties of sol–gel thin films溶胶-凝胶薄膜的结构、光学和电致变色的特性.pdf

Active and Passive Elec. Comp., December 2003, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 245–256 STRUCTURAL, OPTICAL AND ELECTROCHROMIC PROPERTIES OF SOL–GEL V2O5 THIN FILMS M. BENMOUSSA*, A. OUTZOURHIT, R. JOURDANI, A. BENNOUNA and E. L. AMEZIANE Laboratoire de Physique des Solides et des Couches Minces, Faculte´ des Sciences Semlalia, B.P. 2390, Marrakech, Morocco (Received 12 December 2002; In final form 21 March 2003) Vanadium pentoxide thin films are prepared by the sol–gel route by dissolving V O powder (99.5% purity) in H O 2 5 2 2 solution. The solution is spin-coated on glass substrates for optical (UV–VIS–NIR) and XRD analysis, and on ITO- coated glass substrates for electrochromic measurements. The samples are then annealed at 150 C for 1 hour. The resulting films have a yellow-orange color, typical of polycrystalline V O . XRD measurements have shown that after 2 5 annealing in air at 400 C the structure of the films has a c-axis preferred orientation, the (0 0 1)-type planes lying parallel to the substrate. SEM analysis revealed a smooth surface. The films’ optical and physical constants (n, a, Eg, the thickness d and the mean thickness inhomogeneity s) are calculated using a simple and accurate method based on the transmission spectrum alone. The films’ electrochromism is studied using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry in propylene carbonate solution containing 1 mol=l LiClO4. The films show reversible multichromism (yellow–green–blue) upon Liþ ion insertion=extraction. The absorbance of films colored at three different potentials is measured in the UV–VIS–PIR wavelength range,