Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/14550
Full metadata record
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorPatsalas, P.en
dc.contributor.authorLogothetidis, S.en
dc.contributor.authorSygellou, L.en
dc.contributor.authorKennou, S.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T17:38:48Z-
dc.date.available2015-11-24T17:38:48Z-
dc.identifier.issn1098-0121-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/14550-
dc.rightsDefault Licence-
dc.subjectceo2 thin-filmsen
dc.subjection-assisted depositionen
dc.subjectpulsed-laser depositionen
dc.subjectoptical-propertiesen
dc.subjectspectroscopic ellipsometryen
dc.subjecttransport-propertiesen
dc.subjectepitaxial-growthen
dc.subjectsiliconen
dc.subjectdioxideen
dc.subjectsi(111)en
dc.titleStructure-dependent electronic properties of nanocrystalline cerium oxide filmsen
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.enJournal articleen
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.identifier.primaryDoi 10.1103/Physrevb.68.035104-
heal.identifier.secondary<Go to ISI>://000185229600041-
heal.languageen-
heal.accesscampus-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Θετικών Επιστημών. Τμήμα Μηχανικών Επιστήμης Υλικώνel
heal.publicationDate2003-
heal.abstractWe investigate the electronic properties of nanocrystalline cerium oxide (CeOx) films, grown by various techniques, and we establish universal relations between them and the film structure, composition, and morphology. The nanocrystalline CeOx films mainly consist of CeO2 grains, while a considerable concentration of trivalent Ce3+ is distributed at the CeO2 grain boundaries forming amorphous Ce2O3. A small portion of Ce3+ is also located around O-vacancy sites. The optical properties of the CeOx films are considered, taking into account the reported band-structure calculations. The fundamental gap E-g of CeOx is due to the indirect O2p-->Ce4f electronic transition along the L high-symmetry lines of the Brillouin zone and it is correlated with the [Ce3+] content, explaining the redshift of E-g in nanostructured CeOx which is due to the Ce3+ at the grain boundaries and not due to the quantum-size effect itself. We also correlate the energy position of the O2p --> Ce4f electronic transition, which varies up to 160-meV wide, with the lattice constant of the CeO2 grains. We also show that the higher-order transitions are more sensitive to film composition. The refractive index, far below E-g, is explicitly correlated with the film density, independently of the Ce3+/Ce4+ and O concentrations, grain size, and lattice parameter. The density is also found to be the major factor affecting the absolute value of the epsilon(2) peak, which corresponds to the O2p-->Ce4f electronic transition.en
heal.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen
heal.journalNamePhysical Review Ben
heal.journalTypepeer reviewed-
heal.fullTextAvailabilityTRUE-
Appears in Collections:Άρθρα σε επιστημονικά περιοδικά ( Ανοικτά)

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
Patsalas-2003-Structure-dependent electronic properties.pdf197.47 kBAdobe PDFView/Open


This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License Creative Commons