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A Modified Chemical Route for Synthesis of Zirconia Thin Films Having Tunable Porosity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Manish Kumar  and
G. B. Reddy
Manish Kumar
Affiliation:
[email protected], Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Physics, MS-401, Thin Film Laboratory,, Dept. of Physics,, Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India, +91-11-2659-6521
G. B. Reddy
Affiliation:
[email protected], Thin Film Laboratory, Department of Physics,, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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Abstract

A new chemical synthesis route is reported for deposition of zirconia thin films having adjustable porosity with average pore size in nanometer range. Deposition method is simply a sol-gel dip coating in which HCl is used as catalyst. TEM and FTIR studies of deposited films show porous microstructure, which depends critically on ageing of sol used. The shift in binding energy of Zr 3d5/2 (at 182.4 eV) attributes the formation of zirconia. Optical results show high transmittance (> 80%) in VIS-NIR region and effective refractive indices values (neff) tend to decrease for films prepared with higher aged sol. Porosity enhancement from 15-52% is observed by neff comparing with refractive index of non porous films (nz).

Keywords

porosityx-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)oxide
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1074: Symposium I – Synthesis and Metrology of Nanoscale Oxides and Thin Films , 2008 , 1074-I10-34
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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