TY - JOUR
T1 - The improvement of optical reactivity for TiO2 thin films by N2-H2 plasma surface-treatment
AU - Miao, Lei
AU - Tanemura, Sakae
AU - Watanabe, Hiroshige
AU - Mori, Yukimasa
AU - Kaneko, Kenji
AU - Toh, Shoichi
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors express their thanks to Dr. M. Okada of National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan for his assistance in preparing TiO 2 thin films. This work is partly supported by a grant from the NITECH 21st Century COE Program for Environment-friendly Ceramics.
Copyright:
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PY - 2004/1/2
Y1 - 2004/1/2
N2 - To improve the optical reactivity of TiO2 thin film in visible-light region, sputter-deposited anatase film on slide glass substrate with 1200Å film thickness was surface-treated by N2-H 2 mixed gases plasma and additionally anneal-treated in N 2 gases at 400°C for 2h. The absorption edges of plasma-treated sample and plasma plus anneal-treated one shifted from 363nm (3.4eV) to 428nm (2.9eV), and 354nm (3.5eV) to 428nm (2.9eV), while the absorptance for the two corresponding samples increased by 16% and 26%, respectively, in comparison with the as-deposited sample. Spectral absorption is well explained by Tauc-plot extrapolated band-gap using extinction coefficient k obtained from spectroscopic ellipsometry for the surface layers of the three samples, even though in the case of plasma plus anneal-treated sample showed only nominal band-gap value (2.65eV) due to the metallic behavior of extinction coefficient k in lower energy range (2.5eV). X-ray photoemission spectroscopy reveals the formation of TiO2-xNx and TiN deep into about 120Å thickness from the film surface for both plasma-treated and plasma plus anneal-treated samples. Secondary ion mass spectrography also detected high concentration of N element at the surface of the two corresponding samples. From the fact of formation of TiN and TiO2-xNx, N-doping in this work was proved as N substituted O in TiO2 lattice. We confirmed this substitutional N-doping causes the narrowing of band-gap that resulted in the observed significant red shift of the absorption edge to the visible-light region.
AB - To improve the optical reactivity of TiO2 thin film in visible-light region, sputter-deposited anatase film on slide glass substrate with 1200Å film thickness was surface-treated by N2-H 2 mixed gases plasma and additionally anneal-treated in N 2 gases at 400°C for 2h. The absorption edges of plasma-treated sample and plasma plus anneal-treated one shifted from 363nm (3.4eV) to 428nm (2.9eV), and 354nm (3.5eV) to 428nm (2.9eV), while the absorptance for the two corresponding samples increased by 16% and 26%, respectively, in comparison with the as-deposited sample. Spectral absorption is well explained by Tauc-plot extrapolated band-gap using extinction coefficient k obtained from spectroscopic ellipsometry for the surface layers of the three samples, even though in the case of plasma plus anneal-treated sample showed only nominal band-gap value (2.65eV) due to the metallic behavior of extinction coefficient k in lower energy range (2.5eV). X-ray photoemission spectroscopy reveals the formation of TiO2-xNx and TiN deep into about 120Å thickness from the film surface for both plasma-treated and plasma plus anneal-treated samples. Secondary ion mass spectrography also detected high concentration of N element at the surface of the two corresponding samples. From the fact of formation of TiN and TiO2-xNx, N-doping in this work was proved as N substituted O in TiO2 lattice. We confirmed this substitutional N-doping causes the narrowing of band-gap that resulted in the observed significant red shift of the absorption edge to the visible-light region.
KW - A1. Doping
KW - A3. DC magnetron sputtering
KW - B1. Titanium dioxide
KW - B2. Optical functional materials
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2003.08.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2003.08.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0242439575
SN - 0022-0248
VL - 260
SP - 118
EP - 124
JO - Journal of Crystal Growth
JF - Journal of Crystal Growth
IS - 1-2
ER -