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Atomic layer deposited tungsten nitride thin films as a new lithium-ion battery anode

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Title Atomic layer deposited tungsten nitride thin films as a new lithium-ion battery anode
 
Creator NANDI, DK
SEN, UK
SINHA, S
DHARA, A
MITRA, S
SARKAR, SK
 
Subject CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION
PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION
DIFFUSION BARRIER
MOLYBDENUM-NITRIDE
VANADIUM NITRIDE
HYBRID MATERIAL
IN-SITU
METALLIZATION
PRECURSORS
REDUCTION
 
Description This article demonstrates the atomic layer deposition (ALD) of tungsten nitride using tungsten hexacarbonyl [W(CO)(6)] and ammonia [NH3] and its use as a lithium-ion battery anode. In situ quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), ellipsometry and X-ray reflectivity (XRR) measurements are carried out to confirm the self-limiting behaviour of the deposition. A saturated growth rate of ca. 0.35 angstrom per ALD cycle is found within a narrow temperature window of 180-195 degrees C. In situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) vibrational spectroscopy is used to determine the reaction pathways of the surface bound species after each ALD half cycle. The elemental presence and chemical composition is determined by XPS. The as-deposited material is found to be amorphous and crystallized to h-W2N upon annealing at an elevated temperature under an ammonia atmosphere. The as-deposited materials are found to be n-type, conducting with an average carrier concentration of ca. 1020 at room temperature. Electrochemical studies of the as-deposited films open up the possibility of this material to be used as an anode material in Li-ion batteries. The incorporation of MWCNTs as a scaffold layer further enhances the electrochemical storage capacity of the ALD grown tungsten nitride (WNx). Ex situ XRD analysis confirms the conversion based reaction mechanism of the as-grown material with Li under operation.
 
Publisher ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
 
Date 2016-01-15T07:04:47Z
2016-01-15T07:04:47Z
2015
 
Type Article
 
Identifier PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 17(26)17445-17453
1463-9076
1463-9084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cp02184g
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/18004
 
Language en