Interface-Driven Thermo-Electric Switching Performance of VO+ Diffused Soda-Lime Glass
Abstract
Strongly confined NaVO+ segregation and its thermo-responsive functionality at the interface between simple sputter-deposited amorphous vanadium oxide thin films and soda-lime glass was substantiated in the present study by in-situ temperature-controlled Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). The obtained ToF-SIMS depth profiles provided unambiguous evidence for a reversible transformation that caused systematic switching of the NaVO+/ Na+ and Na+/ VO+ intensities upon cycling the temperature between 25 and 340 . Subsequently, NaVO complexes were found to be reversibly formed (at 300 ) in vanadium oxide diffused glass, leading to thermo-responsive electrical behaviour of the thin film glass system. This new segregation -- and diffusion-dependent multifunctionality of NaVO+ -- points towards applications as an advanced material for thermo-optical switches, in smart windows or in thermal sensors.
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