Synthesis and photoluminescence property of nanostructured sol–gel antimony tin oxide film on silica glass

Compositional dependence of structure, optical and electrochemical properties of antimony(III) oxide doped lead glasses and vitroceramics

“…The origin of the band situated between 375 and 475 nm is attributed to the electron transition from the donor level formed by oxygen vacancies to the acceptor level formed by other defects and impurities, in our case formed by antimony ions. With increasing the antimony doping level, substitution by antimony ions becomes improved, and due to the oxidation effect, the number of Sb þ 5 ions increases, so the donor level is enhanced [29,30]. Insertion of Sb þ 5 ions in sites with smaller valence states can create oxygen vacancies in the host matrix due to the differences in valence states, in agreement with UV-vis data.…”

“…By doping the host matrix with 10 mol% Sb 2 O 3 , cyclic voltamograms indicates a good reversibility [30,31]. The cyclic voltammogram of the sample with x ¼ 10 mol% Sb 2 O 3 exhibited in Fig.…”

Studies on optical properties of antimony doped SnO 2 films

“…The plots of n 2 versus  2 as shown in Figure 9 are linear, verifying equation (14). The values of  L and N/m* were deduced from the extrapolation of these plots to  2 =0 and from the slope of the graph, respectively.…”

“…The dependence of the refractive index (n) on the lattice dielectric constant  L is given by [34]: (14) where N/m* is the ratio of the carrier concentration N to the effective mass m*, c is the speed of light and e is the electronic charge. The plots of n 2 versus  2 as shown in Figure 9 are linear, verifying equation (14).…”

“…The Sb doped SnO 2 (ATO) thin films exhibit high conductivity while maintaining its transparency in the visible optical range which are significant for the fabrication and operation of solar cells. A number of methods such as magnetron sputtering [9], chemical vapor deposition [10], pulsed laser deposition [11], electron beam evaporation [12], spray pyrolysis [13] and sol-gel methods [14] have been reported for the deposition of ATO thin films.…”