Tungsten bronze thin films and method of making the same
AssigneeUniversity of Connecticut
InventorsSteven L. Suib, Niluka D. Wasalathanthri, David A. Kriz, Madhavi N. Pahalagedara, Wimalika Thalgaspitiya, Dinithi Rathnayake
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to tungsten bronze thin films and method of making the same. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a thin, homogeneous, highly conducting cubic tungsten bronze film with densely packed micron size particles and the process of making the film.
Claims21
A tungsten bronze film comprising densely packed micron size particles, wherein
- the tungsten bronze film has a film thickness in the range of 0.01 mm to 2 mm;
- the densely packed micron size particles have a particle size in the range of 0.04μm to 10μm.
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A process of producing a tungsten bronze film comprising mixing an alkaline tungstate, tungsten (VI) oxide WO3), tungsten powder, and a solvent to form a slurry;
- dispensing the slurry onto a surface of a substrate;
- and
- heating the substrate with the slurry in a furnace under argon at 800-900° C. for 0.5-5 hours.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.