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In this paper, the voltage induced metal-insulator phase transition (MIT) of polyethene glycol (PEG) composite film is investigated based on VO2 nanoparticles prepared by the hydrothermal method and vacuum annealing process. High purity VO2 (B) nanoparticles are obtained after being treated in a hydrothermal reactor at 180 ℃ for 12 h by using vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) and oxalic acid (H2C2O4·2H2O) as raw materials. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern shows that the prepared nano-powders are free of impurities, and the scanning electron microscope (SEM) pictures confirm that the micro-morphology is of a band-shaped nano-structure. Next, these products are heated in a vacuum quartz tube at 500 ℃ for different times. The XRD and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) curves of the annealed samples prove that the VO2 (M) with MIT performance is successfully prepared. And the content of M phase in the sample increases with preparation time increasing. When the annealing time is longer than 60 min, all the samples are converted into materials with M phase. The SEM images show that the average length of the nano-powders decreases with the annealing time increasing from 10 min to 300 min. Then PEG coating containing VO2 (M) nanoparticles is applied between two electrodes with a pitch of 1 mm on printed circuit board (PCB). The V-I test is carried out after a 20 kΩ resistor has been connected in the circuit. The results display repeatable non-linear V-I curves indicating that the composite film undergoes an MIT phase transition under voltage. After it is activated for the first test, the MIT voltage and non-linear coefficient increase exponentially as the length of VO2 decreases. Besides, it is also found that the voltage across the material is maintained at around 10 V after the resistance has changed suddenly, which is similar to the behavior of diode clamping voltage. We believe that the phase transition voltage and non-linear coefficient of the VO2 composite film are influenced by the intra-particle potential barrier and the inter-layer potential barrier. The longer the average length of the nanoparticles, the higher the potential barrier between the interfaces in the conductive channels is, and thus increasing the phase transition voltage and phase transition coefficient. The activation phenomenon of the thin film is caused by reducing the barrier between particles during the first test. Furthermore, the results can prove that the electric field is the determinant of the phase transition during the VO2 composite film electrical field induced MIT of the VO2 composite film. However, after the phase transition, Joule heat plays a significant role in maintaining the low resistance state.
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Keywords:
- vanadium dioxide /
- vacuum annealing /
- electrical field induced phase transition /
- potential barrier
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图 1 VO2晶体结构图 (a) B相; (b) M相; (c) R相.
Figure 1. Crystal structure diagrams of VO2: (a) B phase; (b) M phase; (c) R phase
图 2 VO2纳米粉末的XRD曲线
Figure 2. XRD patterns of VO2 nano-powders.
图 3 VO2 (B) 颗粒SEM图 (a) 放大倍率为2万倍; (b) 放大倍率为10万倍; (c) X射线能谱分析图
Figure 3. SEM images of VO2 (B) particles: (a) The magnification is 20000 times; (b) the magnification is 100000 times; (c) EDS spectrum.
图 4 不同退火时间样品的XRD图
Figure 4. XRD patterns of samples after different annealing times.
图 5 4#样品(退火时间t = 60 min)的变温XRD曲线
Figure 5. Variable-temperature XRD patterns of sample 4# (annealing time t = 60 min)
图 6 不同退火时间样品的SEM图 (a)退火时间为5 min; (b)退火时间为20 min; (c)退火时间为30 min; (d)退火时间为60 min; (e)退火时间为90 min; (f)退火时间为300 min
Figure 6. SEM images of samples with different annealing times: (a) Annealing time is 5 min; (b) annealing time is 20 min; (c) annealing time is 30 min; (d) annealing time is 60 min; (e) annealing time is 90 min; (f) annealing time is 300 min
图 7 不同退火时间制备样品的DSC测试曲线(下半部分为升温曲线, 上半部分为降温曲线)
Figure 7. DSC curves of samples prepared at different annealing times (The lower is the heating curves, and the upper is the cooling curves)
图 8 VO2-PEG复合薄膜V-I曲线(下插图为测试连接示意图(两电极之间间距为1 mm, 电极宽度为2 mm), 上插图为薄膜SEM图)
Figure 8. V-I curves of VO2-PEG composite film. The inset at the bottom is the schematic diagram of the test connection (The distance between the two electrodes is 1 mm, and the electrode width is 2 mm), and the inset at the top is the SEM image of the film.
图 9 (a)−(f)样品1#−6#的变温电阻曲线(红色为升温曲线, 蓝色为降温曲线)
Figure 9. Temperature-dependent resistance curves of (a)−(f) samples 1#−6# (The red lines are the heating curves; the blue lines are the cooling curves).
图 10 复合薄膜典型测试曲线分析图 (a)输入电压Vi与电流I曲线; (b)输入电压Vi与材料电阻R0曲线; (c)材料两端电压V0与电流I曲线; (d)输入电压Vi与材料两端电压V0曲线
Figure 10. Analysis of the second test curve of the composite film: (a) Input voltage Vi vs. current I; (b) input voltage Vi vs. material resistance R0 curve; (c) voltage across the material V0 vs. current I curve; (d) input voltage Vi vs. voltage across the material V0 curve
图 11 不同退火时间样品的相变电压变化曲线
Figure 11. MIT voltage curves of samples with different annealing times.
图 12 相变电压(a)及非线性系数(b)随纳米颗粒长度的变化曲线(红色为拟合曲线)
Figure 12. MIT voltage (a) and nonlinear coefficient (b) with the nanoparticle length change curves (The red lines are the fitting curves).
图 13 VO2复合薄膜中导电通道模型(a)和电路简化模型(b)
Figure 13. The conductive channel model (a) and the simplified circuit model (b) in the VO2 composite film.
图 14 对比样品DSC曲线(插图为样品7#SEM图) (a)和 V-I测试曲线 (b)
Figure 14. DSC curve (a) of the comparative sample (the inset is the SEM of sample 7#) and the V-I test curves (b).
表 1 不同退火时间薄膜的电压响应数据表
Table 1. Voltage response data table of films with different annealing times.
Annealing
time/minLength of VO2
belt/nmNonlinear
coefficient$ {R}_{0}^{1} $ at Vi = 5 V/kΩ $ {R}_{0}^{2} $ at Vi = 100 V/Ω Limit voltage/V 1# 5 2026 79.97 80.33 362.66 12.71 2# 20 1324 150.50 119.99 208.63 8.88 3# 30 1274 154.11 105.66 225.65 9.16 4# 60 1023 189.19 114.80 224.00 11.30 5# 90 802 240.64 77.60 236.93 10.23 6# 300 783 245.79 94.33 231.48 10.56 
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[1] Surnev S, Ramsey M G, Netzer F P 2003 Prog. Surf. Sci. 73 117
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[2] Stefanovich G, Pergament A, Stefanovich D 2000 J. Phys. Condens. Matter 12 8837
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[4] Morin F J 1959 Phys. Rev. Lett. 3 34
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Wang Q G, He C A, Qu Z M, Shan S H, Li A, Cheng W, Wang Y 2018 Safety & EMC 2018 14
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[7] Becker M F, Buckman A B, Walser R M, Lépine T, Georges P, Brun A 1996 J. Appl. Phys. 79 2404
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