Large Negative Photoresistivity in Amorphous NdNiO3 Film
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Film | NNO | LNO | SNO | ||||||||
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Substrate | LSAT | LAO | SiO2 | LSAT | LAO | LSAT | LAO | ||||
Thickness, nm | 20 | 80 | 20 | 120 | 80 | 20 | 80 | 120 | 20 | 20 | 120 |
Δρ, % | 7.7 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 7.4 | −55 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 5.1 | −24 | −13.4 | −18 |
α, % | 83.7 | 91.8 | 77.2 | 96.5 | 52.8 | 79.8 | 92 | 96.2 | 80.3 | 71.9 | 86 |
ρ, mΩ·cm | 0.277 | 0.6 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 106 | 0.4 | 0.61 | 0.76 | 25.2 | 22.3 | 99.5 |
dρ/dT, µΩ·cm/K | 0.61 | 1.1 | 0.57 | 0.88 | −36·106 | 0.88 | 1 | 1.3 | −231 | −172 | −731 |
ΔT, °C | 36 | 42.7 | 17 | 29 | 25 | 35 | 50 | 30 | 35 | 20 | 25 |
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λ, nm | LSAT | SiO2 | |||||
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k, °C/W | α, % | k/α, °C/W | αs, % | k, °C/W | α, % | k/α, °C/W | |
447 | 53.5 | 91.8 | 58.3 | 33.6 | 31.2 | 52.8 | 59.1 |
520 | 53.1 | 88.2 | 60.3 | 26.9 | 25.3 | 41.7 | 60.8 |
660 | 52.8 | 83.8 | 63 | 24.5 | 19.1 | 36.9 | 51.7 |
808 | 46.6 | 82.8 | 56.3 | 8.8 | 17.1 | 31.2 | 54.6 |
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Stupakov, A.; Kocourek, T.; Nepomniashchaia, N.; Tyunina, M.; Dejneka, A. Large Negative Photoresistivity in Amorphous NdNiO3 Film. Coatings 2021, 11, 1411. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11111411
Stupakov A, Kocourek T, Nepomniashchaia N, Tyunina M, Dejneka A. Large Negative Photoresistivity in Amorphous NdNiO3 Film. Coatings. 2021; 11(11):1411. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11111411
Chicago/Turabian StyleStupakov, Alexandr, Tomas Kocourek, Natalia Nepomniashchaia, Marina Tyunina, and Alexandr Dejneka. 2021. "Large Negative Photoresistivity in Amorphous NdNiO3 Film" Coatings 11, no. 11: 1411. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11111411