Comparison of vanadium oxide thin films deposited from commercial and solution combustion synthesised powders

Abstract

ABSTRACTIn the present work, V2O5 thin films were fabricated with both commercial and solution combustion synthesised V2O5 resorting to a single spin coating sol–gel deposition. Structural and morphological properties of V2O5 powder were investigated first, subsequently followed by a detailed investigation of the optical and electrochemical properties of thin films. The film, which was coated from as-synthetised powder onto corning substrate had a transparency of greater than 85% in the visible region for sol–gels exhibited absorption edges at ∼380 nm. The optical band-gap energy was evaluated to be 2.7 eV, while the coloration efficiency of this film was found to be 36.8 cm2 C−1. The film thickness range of 100–300 nm was demonstrated in 1-layer. The main properties of the afore discussed thin films provide further encouragement for application in future nanoscale (opto-) electronic devices as they are reproducible, cost-effective, and quick to fabricate.