Study of the Thermal Annealing on Structural and Morphological Properties of High-Porosity A-WO3 Films Synthesized by HFCVD
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Morphology
3.2. Crystalline Structure
3.3. Specific Surface Area
3.4. Micro-Raman Analysis
3.5. Transmition Electron Microscopy (TEM) Analysis
3.6. UV–Vis Diffuse Reflectance and Bandgap
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Deposition Time (Min) | Annealing Temperature (10 Min) |
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s5m | 5 |
|
s10m | 10 |
|
s15m | 15 |
|
Sample | Temperature of Annealing | Crystallite Size | Specific Surface Area m2/gr |
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s5m | 300 °C | 12.88 nm | 69.97 |
500 °C | 18.34 nm | 45.78 | |
s10m | 300 °C | 13.0 nm | 64.59 |
500 °C | 28.70 nm | 29.25 | |
s15m | 300 °C | 23.3 nm | 36.04 |
500 °C | 25.6 nm | 32.80 |
Synthesis Method | Temperature of Annealing | Crystallite Size | Specific Surface Area m2/gr | Reference |
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Ball-milled | 600 °C | 59.2 nm | 3.16 | [50] |
Solvothermal | 500 °C | 47–61 nm | 11.57–18.92 | [6] |
Coprecipitation | 500 °C | 66 nm | -- | [51] |
Sparking | 500 °C | 62 nm | -- | [8] |
Sputtering | 600 °C | -- | 19.1 | [9] |
Sol-coprecipitation | 600 °C | 11 nm | 4.7 | [52] |
Reactive Spray Deposition | 500 °C | 20–30 nm | 46 | [7] |
HFCVD | 500 °C | 28.7 nm | 29.25 | This work |
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Cruz-Leal, M.; Goiz, O.; Chávez, F.; Pérez-Sánchez, G.F.; Hernández-Como, N.; Santes, V.; Felipe, C. Study of the Thermal Annealing on Structural and Morphological Properties of High-Porosity A-WO3 Films Synthesized by HFCVD. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1298. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091298
Cruz-Leal M, Goiz O, Chávez F, Pérez-Sánchez GF, Hernández-Como N, Santes V, Felipe C. Study of the Thermal Annealing on Structural and Morphological Properties of High-Porosity A-WO3 Films Synthesized by HFCVD. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(9):1298. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091298
Chicago/Turabian StyleCruz-Leal, M., O. Goiz, F. Chávez, G. F. Pérez-Sánchez, N. Hernández-Como, V. Santes, and C. Felipe. 2019. "Study of the Thermal Annealing on Structural and Morphological Properties of High-Porosity A-WO3 Films Synthesized by HFCVD" Nanomaterials 9, no. 9: 1298. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091298