Abstract
Anatase Ti0.94Nb0.06O2 (TNO) films were fabricated on glass substrates by sol-gel method using a dipcoating technique. The annealing treatment was separated into two steps, first in air at 350-550 °C for 1 h and then in vacuum of 4.0 9 10-4 Pa at 550 °C for 1 h. The influence of vacuum annealing treatment to the electrical and optical properties was discussed. Especially, the role of air annealing treatment from 350 to 550 °C on the crystallization and the structure of the films was analyzed. It is proved that the films annealed at 550 °C in air and then 550 °C in vacuum exhibited the minimum resistivity of 19.3 XΩcm and the average optical transmittance of about 75% in the visible range, indicating that the sol-gel method is a feasible and promising method to fabricate TNO films.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 475-479 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2010 |
Keywords
- Air annealing treatment
- Dip-coating
- Nb-doped TiO (TNO)
- Sol-gel
- Vacuum annealing treatment