Electroreflectance and photoresponse of NiOx thin films

Marcia C.A. Fantini; Annette Gorenstein; Wu-Mian Shen; Micha Tomkiewicz

doi:10.1117/12.130547

25 November 1992 Electroreflectance and photoresponse of NiOx thin films

Marcia C.A. Fantini, Annette Gorenstein, Wu-Mian Shen, Micha Tomkiewicz

Proceedings Volume 1728, Optical Materials Technology for Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Conversion XI: Chromogenics for Smart Windows; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130547
Event: Optical Materials Technology for Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy, 1992, Toulouse-Labege, France

Abstract

Thin films of nickel oxide obtained by reactive sputtering and deposited either at room temperature or at 250 degree(s)C presented electrochromic properties in basic aqueous electrolytes. The structure of the films is characteristic of a polycrystalline material with preferential orientation, by which it was possible to follow the changes in lattice parameters with electrochemical intercalation, growth temperature, and annealing processes. Photocurrent and electroreflectance measurements were performed in order to detect the variations in the band gap energy and in the electronic transitions as a function of the electrochromic state. The results are consistent with the presence of impurity levels due to nickel vacancies. The extracted values of the band gap energies increased for the clearer states, followed by a decrease in the carrier's recombination rates.

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Marcia C.A. Fantini, Annette Gorenstein, Wu-Mian Shen, and Micha Tomkiewicz "Electroreflectance and photoresponse of NiOx thin films", Proc. SPIE 1728, Optical Materials Technology for Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Conversion XI: Chromogenics for Smart Windows, (25 November 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130547

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