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Spectroscopic analysis of tungsten oxide thin films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Felicia S. Manciu ,
Jose L. Enriquez ,
William G. Durrer ,
Young Yun ,
Chintalapalle V. Ramana  and
Satya K. Gullapalli
Felicia S. Manciu*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968
Jose L. Enriquez
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968
William G. Durrer
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968
Young Yun
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968
Chintalapalle V. Ramana
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas 79968
Satya K. Gullapalli
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas 79968
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: fsmanciu@utep.edu
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Abstract

We present a detailed study of the morphology and composition of tungsten oxide (WO3) thin films, grown by radio frequency magnetron reactive sputtering at substrate temperatures varied from room temperature (RT) to 500 °C, using infrared (IR) absorption, Raman spectroscopy, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). This work includes valuable new far-IR results about structural changes in microcrystalline WO3. Both IR absorption and Raman techniques reveal an amorphous sample grown at RT and initial crystallization into monoclinic structures for samples grown at temperatures between 100 and 300 °C. The Raman spectra of the samples grown at high temperatures indicate, apart from the monoclinic structure, a strain effect, with a distribution revealed by confocal Raman mapping. XPS indicates that the film surface maintains the stoichiometry WOx, with a value of x slightly greater than 3 at RT due to oxygen contamination, which decreases with increasing temperature.

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Infrared (IR) SpectroscopyRaman SpectroscopyX-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 25 , Issue 12 , December 2010 , pp. 2401 - 2406
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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