Electrical Properties of Amorphous Titanium Oxide Thin Films for Bolometric Application
Author(s) -
Y. L. Ju,
Mahua Wang,
Yunlong Wang,
Shihu Wang,
Chengfang Fu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advances in condensed matter physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1687-8124
pISSN - 1687-8108
DOI - 10.1155/2013/365475
Subject(s) - materials science , amorphous solid , analytical chemistry (journal) , bolometer , titanium , electrical resistivity and conductivity , physics , optics , chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , metallurgy , detector , quantum mechanics
We report the electrical conduction mechanism of amorphous titanium oxide thin films applied for bolometers. As the O/Ti ratio varies from 1.73 to 1.97 measured by rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, the resistivity of the films increases from 0.26 cm to 10.1 cm. At the same time, the temperature coefficient of resistivity and activation energy vary from −1.2% to −2.3% and from 0.09 eV to 0.18 eV, respectively. The temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity illustrates a thermally activated conduction behavior and the carrier transport mechanism in the titanium oxide thin films is found to obey the normal Meyer-Neldel Rule in the temperature range from 293 K to 373 K.
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