Investigation of the physical, optical, and chemical properties of phase segregated AlCoOx thin films from a novel hexol-type cluster.

Autor: Levine JD; Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1253, USA., Sharps MC, Cochran EA, Marsh DA, Casey WH, Johnson DW
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) [Dalton Trans] 2021 Mar 07; Vol. 50 (9), pp. 3247-3252. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 15.
DOI: 10.1039/d0dt03899g
Abstrakt: The use of a novel inorganic nanoscale cluster (Al[(μ-OH) 2 Co(NH 3 ) 4 ] 3 (NO 3 ) 6 ) was investigated for its utility as a precursor for AlCoOx films. Mixed-metal aluminum and cobalt oxide thin films were solution deposited from the novel cluster solution via the spin-coating method on Si (100) and quartz substrates. The films were annealed at increasing temperatures up to 800 °C, and characterization of these films via TEM and XRD confirms binary Co 3 O 4 crystalline phase present in an amorphous Al 2 O 3 network. Films are relatively smooth (R rms < 4 nm), polycrystalline, and demonstrate a tunable optical response dominated by Co 3 O 4 with two electronic transitions.
Databáze: MEDLINE