Small Science (Apr 2024)

Reactive Oxidation Induced Stoichiometric Modulation of Multivalent Vanadium Oxides

  • Sehwan Song,
  • Dooyong Lee,
  • Yeongjun Son,
  • Yesul Choi,
  • Jiwoong Kim,
  • Seonghoon Han,
  • Jisung Lee,
  • Seokjun Kim,
  • Seung Gyo Jeong,
  • Si‐Heon Lim,
  • Jiafeng Yan,
  • Songkil Kim,
  • Woo Seok Choi,
  • Hyun Ho Kim,
  • Jaeyong Kim,
  • Jong‐Seong Bae,
  • Naoshia Takesue,
  • Chanyong Hwang,
  • Sungkyun Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/smsc.202300171
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 4
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Vanadium oxides, such as V2O3, VO2, and V2O5, have attracted considerable attention because of the fascinating physical properties of each oxidation state. On the other hand, precisely controlling the individual oxidation states is difficult due to the sensitivity of oxygen stoichiometry. This article reports that reactive oxygen annealing (ROA) can systematically change the oxidation state of the vanadium oxide films grown on a c‐Al2O3 substrate compared with typical annealing under O2 environments. Chemical, structural, electronic, and electrical analysis confirms the evolution of the vanadium oxide phases from V2O3 to V2O3/VO2, VO2, VO2/V2O5, and V2O5, showing that the ROA method can control and tune the oxidation state of the highly oxygen‐sensitive multivalent metal oxides.

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