Influence of Mo content on the metal-insulator transition of Mo-doped VO2 single crystals fabricated by fast thermal oxidation

IF 3.9 2区材料科学 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Vacuum Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI:10.1016/j.vacuum.2025.114548

Fu Xie , Haiying Qi , Yiwang Zheng , Mingxi Xie , Haorong Li , Minglong Xu , Chunwang Zhao , Shikuan Sun

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Vanadium dioxide (VO₂) has demonstrated potentials for applications in sensors, actuators, intelligent windows, and devices for storing energy, owing to its unique metal-insulator transition (MIT) property at around 67 °C accompanied by a structural transition between rutile and monoclinic phases. In order to enhance its practicality at ambient temperature, Mo-doped VO₂ single crystals with varying Mo contents were fabricated in the present work by a facile thermal-oxidation process in air. The Mo-doped VO₂ single crystal exhibits a rod-shaped and hollow morphology with a rectangular cross-section. The influence of Mo doping on the phase transition behavior of Mo-doped VO₂ single crystals was investigated. The analysis and energy dispersion spectrum maps revealed the homogenous distribution of Mo, V, and O elements across the single crystals, confirming successful doping. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy images and electron diffraction patterns verified the single-crystal characteristic of the Mo-doped VO₂. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicated the presence of mixed valence states of V (V⁴⁺ and V⁵⁺) and Mo⁶⁺, while differential scanning calorimetry measurements demonstrated a substantial reduction in the MIT temperature by approximately 50 °C/at% Mo, which reaches the highest decrease efficiency for metal-insulator transition temperature of element-doped VO₂.

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Mo含量对快速热氧化法制备Mo掺杂VO2单晶金属-绝缘体转变的影响

由于二氧化钒（VO2）在67℃左右具有独特的金属-绝缘体转变（MIT）特性，并伴有金红石相和单斜相之间的结构转变，因此在传感器、执行器、智能窗口和储能设备中具有应用潜力。为了提高其在常温下的实用性，本文采用空气热氧化法制备了不同Mo含量的掺杂VO2单晶。掺杂钼的VO2单晶呈棒状、空心、矩形截面。研究了Mo掺杂对Mo掺杂VO2单晶相变行为的影响。分析和能量色散谱图显示Mo、V和O元素在单晶上均匀分布，证实了掺杂的成功。高分辨率透射电镜图像和电子衍射图证实了掺杂mo的VO2的单晶特性。x射线光电子能谱显示了V （V4+和V5+）和Mo6+的混合价态的存在，而差示扫描量热测量表明，在% Mo时，MIT温度大幅降低了约50°C/，这是元素掺杂VO2的金属-绝缘体转变温度的最高降低效率。

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Vacuum 工程技术-材料科学：综合

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34 days

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