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    Structural Insights and hydrogen retention in amorphous and crystalline tungsten oxide films
    Zavašnik, Janez, 1981- ...
    We investigated structural characteristics of and hydrogen isotope interactions with thermally and electro chemically synthesized tungsten oxide (W-oxide) thin films (≤50 nm). Specifically, we ... assessed whether elec trochemically synthesized W-oxide could serve as a suitable proxy for thermally grown films in hydrogen interaction studies. The W-oxide thin films were exposed to low-energetic atomic deuterium (D) to explore the hydrogen uptake, retention, and intercalation effects of the W-oxide structure. The W-oxides were characterized using grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GI-XRD), scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM, TEM), Raman spectroscopy, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) before and after deuterium exposure. The thermally grown W-oxides are crystalline, composed of orthorhombic WO3, while the electrochemically grown W-oxides are amorphous with nanocrystalline domains. Deuterium retention studies revealed that the electrochemically grown W-oxides show higher initial D retention compared with their thermally grown coun terparts and lower D release over time during storage, suggesting stronger D binding within the amorphous matrix. Using ion beam analysis, we quantified the deuterium retention and examined the depth-resolved reduction of the oxide within the films following deuterium exposure
    Source: Applied Surface Science. - ISSN 0169-4332 (Vol. 692, Art. 162712, 2025, 10 str.)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2025
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 226971395

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source: Applied Surface Science. - ISSN 0169-4332 (Vol. 692, Art. 162712, 2025, 10 str.)
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