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- Granqvist, Claes Göran, et al.
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Electrochromic foil-based devices : Optical transmittance and modulation range, effect of ultravioled irradiation, and quality assessment by 1/f current noise
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Ingår i: Thin Solid Films. - : Elsevier BV. - 0040-6090 .- 1879-2731. ; 516:17, s. 5921-5926
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We introduce electrochromic (EC) technology for modulating the transmittance of visible light and solar radiation in window apertures, with focus on recent work on foil-type devices embodying sputter deposited WO3 and NiO films joined by a polymer electrolyte. The purpose of this paper is to present a number of new and preliminary results showing that (i) double-sided antireflection coatings based on dip coating can enhance the transmittance significantly, (ii) tandem foils can yield a ratio between bleached-state and colored-state transmittance exceeding fifty, (iii) solar irradiance onto the EC device can enhance its charge insertion dynamics and thereby its optical modulation, and (iv) electromagnetic noise spectroscopy may serve as quality assessment of EC devices.
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- Johansson, Malin B., et al.
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Electronic and optical properties of nanocrystalline WO3 thin films studied by optical spectroscopy and density functional calculations
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics. - : IOP Publishing. - 0953-8984 .- 1361-648X. ; 25:20, s. 205502-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The optical and electronic properties of nanocrystalline WO3 thin films prepared by reactive dc magnetron sputtering at different total pressures (P-tot) were studied by optical spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Monoclinic films prepared at low P-tot show absorption in the near infrared due to polarons, which is attributed to a strained film structure. Analysis of the optical data yields band-gap energies E-g approximate to 3.1 eV, which increase with increasing P-tot by 0.1 eV, and correlate with the structural modifications of the films. The electronic structures of triclinic delta-WO3, and monoclinic gamma- and epsilon-WO3 were calculated using the Green function with screened Coulomb interaction (GW approach), and the local density approximation. The delta-WO3 and gamma-WO3 phases are found to have very similar electronic properties, with weak dispersion of the valence and conduction bands, consistent with a direct band-gap. Analysis of the joint density of states shows that the optical absorption around the band edge is composed of contributions from forbidden transitions (>3 eV) and allowed transitions (>3.8 eV). The calculations show that E-g in epsilon-WO3 is higher than in the delta-WO3 and gamma-WO3 phases, which provides an explanation for the P-tot dependence of the optical data.
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- Johansson, Malin B., et al.
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Optical properties of nanocrystalline WO3 and WO3-x thin films prepared by DC magnetron sputtering
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Applied Physics. - : American Institute of Physics (AIP). - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 115:21, s. 213510-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The optical properties of tungsten trioxide thin films prepared by DC magnetron sputtering, withdifferent oxygen vacancy (Vo) concentration, have been studied by spectrophotometry andphotoluminescence (PL) emission spectroscopy. Absorption and PL spectra show that the filmsexhibit similar band gap energies, Eg 2.9 eV. The absorption spectra of the films show twopronounced absorption bands in the near-infrared region. One peak (P1) is located atapproximately 0.7 eV, independent of Vo concentration. A second peak (P2) shifts from 0.96 eV to1.16 eV with decreasing Vo concentration. Peak P1 is assigned to polaron absorption due totransitions between tungsten sites (W5þ!W6þ), or an optical transition from a neutral vacancystate to the conduction band, Vo0!W6þ. The origin of peak P2 is more uncertain but may involveþ1 and þ2 charged vacancy sites. The PL spectra show several emission bands in the range 2.07 to3.10 eV in the more sub-stoichiometric and 2.40 to 3.02 eV in the less sub-stoichiometric films.The low energy emission bands agree well with calculated optical transition energies of oxygenvacancy sites, with dominant contribution from neutral and singly charged vacancies in the lesssub-stoichiometric films, and additional contributions from doubly charged vacancy sites in themore sub-stoichiometric films.
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- Johansson, Malin B, et al.
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Structural and optical properties of visible active photocatalytic WO3 thin films prepared by reactive dc magnetron sputtering
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of Materials Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0884-2914 .- 2044-5326. ; 27:24, s. 3130-3140
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Nanostructured tungsten trioxide films were prepared by reactive dc magnetron sputteringat different working pressures P-tot = 1-4 Pa. The films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry. The films were found to exhibit predominantly monoclinic structures and have similar band gap, E-g approximate to 2.8 eV, with a pronounced Urbach tail extending down to 2.5 eV. At low P-tot, strained film structures formed, which were slightly reduced and showed polaron absorption in the near-infrared region. The photodegradation rate of stearic acid was found to correlate with the stoichiometry and polaron absorption. This is explained by a recombination mechanism, whereby photoexcited electron-hole pairs recombine with polaron states in the band gap. The quantum yield decreased by 50% for photon energies close to E-g due to photoexcitations to band gap states lying below the O-2 affinity level.
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- Johansson, Malin B., et al.
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The Importance of Oxygen Vacancies in Nanocrystalline WO3−x ThinFilms Prepared by DC Magnetron Sputtering for Achieving High Photoelectrochemical Efficiency
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Ingår i: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1932-7447 .- 1932-7455. ; 121:13, s. 7412-7420
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The photoelectrochemical properties of tungsten oxide thinfilms with different stoichiometry (WO3−x) and thickness were investigated.The films were sputtered in O2/Ar gas (ratio 0.43) on glass substrates coatedwith fluorine-doped tin dioxide at two sputter pressures, Ptot = 10 and 30mTorr, yielding O/W ratios of the films, averaged over three samples, of 2.995and 2.999 (x ∼ 0.005 and x ∼ 0.001), respectively. The films were characterizedby X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and spectrophotometry.The 10 mTorr samples showed large absorption in the near-infrared (NIR)range, whereas the 30 mTorr samples had a small absorption in this region. Theconcentration of oxygen vacancy band gap states was estimated from cyclicvoltammetry and was found to correlate with the optical absorption in the NIRregion. The incident photon to current efficiency for illumination from theelectrolyte side (IPCEEE) and substrate electrode side (IPCESE) showed higherefficiency for the more stoichiometric films, indicating that oxygen vacancies in the band gap act as recombination centers.Surprisingly high values of IPCEEE and IPCESE were found, and it was concluded that efficient charge separation and transporttake place almost throughout the entire film even for film electrodes as thick as 2 μm. Analysis of the spectral distribution of thephotoresponse (action spectra) using an extended Gärtner−Butler model to calculate the IPCE for front-side and back-sideillumination was performed and showed that the diffusion length is large, of the order of the depletion layer thickness.
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- Kish, L. B., et al.
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Facts and myths about zero-point thermal noise, and information entropy versus thermal entropy
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Ingår i: 2017 International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations (ICNF). - New York : IEEE. - 9781509027606 - 9781509027613
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this talk, we are briefly surveying our recent results [1-3] about two very popular yet often misunderstood concepts in physical informatics: (i) The existence of Johnson noise at near to absolute zero temperature has been debated many times yet it is generally accepted [1]. We point out the fundamental problems [2] with the particular approach the related quantum theories [4] of Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem are using. Then we prove that the existence of zero-point noise would allow the construction of a perpetual motion machine [1]. Finally, we cite early works pointing out that the observed “zeropoint” noise in experiments [7] with phase-sensitive linear amplifiers is an amplifier-noise [5,6] due to the uncertainty principle, and it does not exist in the resistor in an objective way, independently from the measurement [1,2]. Thus a correct derivation of the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem must include [1] the type of experimental setup used for the measurement. (ii) The general opinion is that information entropy and thermal entropy are interchangeable. This belief triggered Brillouin's negentropy principle of information [8], and Landauer's claimed principle [9] about energy dissipation during information erasure that has been debated on many occasions [10-19]. Here we show the newest and perhaps the simplest arguments [3] proving that the two types of entropies are apples and oranges and are not interchangeable.
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