Research studies on new materials have shown that cerium-vanadium mixed oxides have potential for use as counter-electrodes in electrochromic devices owing to the combination of the excellent stability and transparency of cerium oxides and the high ion-storage capacity of the vanadium oxides.Among them, cerium orthovanadate (CeVO 4 ) has shown its potentiality as an intercalation electrode of suitable structure into which ions can be inserted reversibly, thus balancing the ion-charge capacity required by WO 3 , which is the colouring electrode in electrochromic devices.In this work, cerium-vanadium stoichiometric oxides (CeO 2 -V 2 O 5 , 1 : 1 molar ratio) have been used as a target material for r.f.-sputtering thin-film deposition onto suitable substrates. The films obtained have been characterized before and after electrochemical lithium intercalation. Their XPS and x-ray-induced Auger electron spectroscopy spectra have been compared with those obtained with the standard precursor oxides and the results discussed also on the basis of literature data.In order to be able to observe the changes in chemical state and composition expected on film formation, a careful curve-fitting procedure has been used that allows the determination of the background structure and intrinsic satellites for each peak, as reported already in previous papers.
Crystalline 2H-WS2 thin films were prepared by thermal
decomposition of amorphous WS3 films sputter-deposited onto a thin Ni layer. Structural, electrical, and
photoelectrochemical properties were investigated.
Room temperature photoconductivity and photoelectrochemical
response were shown to arise from the same
interband transitions as in single crystals. The photocurrent
spectra measured as a function of wavelength
revealed a structure due to excitonic transitions. Surface
modification by adsorption of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid was shown to increase the photocurrent and to
reduce the exciton recombination rate. A
rectifying solid−liquid junction, having a barrier height of 0.45 V,
was formed with the p-WS2 films immersed
in the aqueous [Fe(CN)6]3-/4-
redox electrolyte.
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