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01.02.2014 | Original Paper
Preparation and properties of VO2 thin films by a novel sol–gel process
Erschienen in: Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology | Ausgabe 2/2014
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Abstract
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) thin films were fabricated using a simple and novel sol–gel process in which V2O5 was used as the vanadium source; oxalic acid was used as the reducing agent; and polyvinyl alcohol was used as the film former to control the viscosity of the VO2 precursor solution and bond vanadium ions. The microstructure and surface morphology of VO2 films were studied by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. The results showed that using polyvinyl alcohol forms porous nanostructure of VO2 films with a uniform grain size of ~25 nm. The measured optical reflectance shows well-defined phase transition as observed by an increase of reflectance upon heating above the transition temperature from ~11 to ~30 % at 1,100 nm. Upon cooling, the expected hysteresis is observed.