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Towards Room Temperature Phase Transition of W-Doped VO2 Thin Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition: Thermochromic, Surface, and Structural Analysis

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MATERIALS
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma16010461

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vanadium dioxide; W doping; phase transition temperature; luminous transmittance; ARXPS

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Vanadium dioxide (VO2) with an insulator-to-metal (IMT) transition at approximately 68 degrees C is a highly attractive thermochromic material for smart windows. This study investigated the impact of W doping on the thermochromic, surface, and nanostructure properties of VO2 thin films.
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) with an insulator-to-metal (IMT) transition (similar to 68 degrees C) is considered a very attractive thermochromic material for smart window applications. Indeed, tailoring and understanding the thermochromic and surface properties at lower temperatures can enable room-temperature applications. The effect of W doping on the thermochromic, surface, and nanostructure properties of VO2 thin film was investigated in the present proof. W-doped VO2 thin films with different W contents were deposited by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) using V/W (+O-2) and V2O5/W multilayers. Rapid thermal annealing at 400-450 degrees C under oxygen flow was performed to crystallize the as-deposited films. The thermochromic, surface chemistry, structural, and morphological properties of the thin films obtained were investigated. The results showed that the V5+ was more surface sensitive and W distribution was homogeneous in all samples. Moreover, the V2O5 acted as a W diffusion barrier during the annealing stage, whereas the V+O-2 environment favored W surface diffusion. The phase transition temperature gradually decreased with increasing W content with a high efficiency of -26 degrees C per at. % W. For the highest doping concentration of 1.7 at. %, VO2 showed room-temperature transition (26 degrees C) with high luminous transmittance (62%), indicating great potential for optical applications.

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