Showing papers on "Pulsed laser deposition published in 2013"
TL;DR: In this article, the use of an n-type Ga2O3 thin film can greatly improve the performance of n-Ga2O/p-Cu2O heterojunction solar cells.
Abstract: High-efficiency heterojunction solar cells consisting of a nondoped Ga2O3 thin film as an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type Cu2O sheet as the active layer as well as the substrate, prepared by thermally oxidizing a Cu sheet, are demonstrated. The use of an n-type Ga2O3 thin film can greatly improve the performance of n-Ga2O3/p-Cu2O heterojunction solar cells. The highest efficiency of 5.38% was obtained in an Al-doped ZnO/Ga2O3/Cu2O heterojunction solar cell fabricated with an n-Ga2O3 thin-film layer prepared at room temperature with a thickness of 75 nm by a pulsed laser deposition method.
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TL;DR: The findings point toward the control of oxygen surface exchange and diffusion kinetics by means of lattice strain in existing mixed conducting oxides for energy conversion applications.
Abstract: The influence of lattice strain on the oxygen exchange kinetics and diffusion in oxides was investigated on (100) epitaxial La1–xSrxCoO3−δ (LSC) thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition. Planar tensile and compressively strained LSC films were obtained on single-crystalline SrTiO3 and LaAlO3. 18O isotope exchange depth profiling with ToF-SIMS was employed to simultaneously measure the tracer surface exchange coefficient k* and the tracer diffusion coefficient D* in the temperature range 280–475 °C. In accordance with recent theoretical findings, much faster surface exchange (∼4 times) and diffusion (∼10 times) were observed for the tensile strained films compared to the compressively strained films in the entire temperature range. The same strain effect—tensile strain leading to higher k* and D*—was found for different LSC compositions (x = 0.2 and x = 0.4) and for surface-etched films. The temperature dependence of k* and D* is discussed with respect to the contributions of strain states, formation en...
214 citations
TL;DR: Inverse spin Hall effect (ISHE) detection of propagating spin waves using Pt. as discussed by the authors has been shown to correlate well with the increase of the Gilbert damping when decreasing thickness of YIG.
Abstract: High quality nanometer-thick (20 nm, 7 nm and 4 nm) epitaxial YIG films have been grown on GGG substrates using pulsed laser deposition. The Gilbert damping coefficient for the 20 nm thick films is 2.3 x 10-4 which is the lowest value reported for sub-micrometric thick films. We demonstrate Inverse spin Hall effect (ISHE) detection of propagating spin waves using Pt. The amplitude and the lineshape of the ISHE voltage correlate well to the increase of the Gilbert damping when decreasing thickness of YIG. Spin Hall effect based loss-compensation experiments have been conducted but no change in the magnetization dynamics could be detected.
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TL;DR: Inverse spin Hall effect (ISHE) detection of propagating spin waves using Pt. as mentioned in this paper has been shown to correlate well with the increase of the Gilbert damping when decreasing thickness of YIG.
Abstract: High quality nanometer-thick (20 nm, 7 nm, and 4 nm) epitaxial Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) films have been grown on gadolinium gallium garnet substrates using pulsed laser deposition. The Gilbert damping coefficient for the 20 nm thick films is 2.3 × 10−4 which is the lowest value reported for sub-micrometric thick films. We demonstrate Inverse spin Hall effect (ISHE) detection of propagating spin waves using Pt. The amplitude and the lineshape of the ISHE voltage correlate well to the increase of the Gilbert damping when decreasing thickness of YIG. Spin Hall effect based loss-compensation experiments have been conducted but no change in the magnetization dynamics could be detected.
198 citations
TL;DR: This review focuses on introducing the recent progress in creating micro/nanostructured arrays based on colloidal templates with physical routes, and the parameters of the microstructure or nanostructure can be tuned by colloidal template with different periodicity and experimental conditions of the physical processes.
Abstract: It has been proven that the use of colloidal templates is a facile, flexible strategy to create the periodic micro/nanostructured arrays in comparison with photolithography, electron beam lithography etc. Utilizing colloidal monolayers as templates or masks, different periodic micro/nanostructured arrays including nanoparticle arrays, pore arrays, nanoring arrays and nanorod/nanotube arrays can be fabricated by chemical and physical processes. Chemical routes, including direct solution/sol dipping strategy, wet chemical etching, electrodeposition, electrophoretic deposition etc. have advantages of simple operation and low costs. However, they have some disadvantages of impurities on surface of arrays due to incomplete decomposition of precursors, residue of surfactants in self-assembling or electrochemical deposition. More importantly, it is quite difficult to achieve very uniform morphology of micro/nanostructure arrays on a large-area by the above routes. Whereas another method, a physical route (for instance: reactive ion etching, pulsed laser deposition, thermal evaporation deposition, atomic layer deposition, sputtering deposition), combining with colloidal monolayer template can well resolve these problems. In this review, we focus on introducing the recent progress in creating micro/nanostructured arrays based on colloidal templates with physical routes. The parameters of the microstructure or nanostructure can be tuned by colloidal templates with different periodicity and experimental conditions of the physical processes. The applications of micro/nanostructured arrays with controllable morphology and arrangement parameters in self-cleaning surfaces, enhanced catalytic properties, field emitters etc. are also presented in the following sections.
169 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the particle heating- melting-evaporation model is applied to the interaction mechanism of the laser beam with nanoparticles to control the laser processing of different nano-objects.
Abstract: The laser is a very powerful and very useful instru- ment in modern nanoscience and nanotechnology. The knowl- edge of the interaction mechanism of the laser beam with nanoparticles is needed to control the laser processing of dif- ferent nano-objects. It was shown that the particle heating- melting-evaporation model can be successfully applied for many phenomena arising when colloidal nanoparticle interact with pulsed laser beams. The general approach of this model is discussed in detail. The two main components of the model, light absorption by particles, and the thermodynamics of phase transitions in particulate material are considered. Special atten- tion is devoted to the correct estimation of the possible heat losses. The way in which the phase diagrams, where the differ- ent phase conditions of particle material are presented in laser fluence−particle diameter coordinates, were produced is demonstrated. It is shown how this model can be applied for understanding the mechanism of such complicated processes as particle-size reduction and submicrometer spherical particle growth, as well as other processes that occur when colloidal particles are irradiated by a pulsed laser.
157 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the growth mechanisms of VAN thin films have been investigated by varying the composite material system, the ratio of the two constituent phases, and the thin film growth conditions including deposition temperature and oxygen pressure as well as growth rate.
153 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the structural, transport, optical and thermoelectric properties of high-quality VO2 thin films across its metal-insulator phase transition were investigated. But the results were limited to three equivalent crystallographic directions.
Abstract: In this paper, we present a comprehensive, correlative study of the structural, transport, optical and thermoelectric properties of high-quality VO2 thin films across its metal-insulator phase transition. Detailed x-ray diffraction study shows that it's textured polycrystalline along [010]M1, with in-plane lattice orienting along three equivalent crystallographic directions. Across the metal-insulator transition, the conductivity increases by more than 3 orders of magnitude with a value of 3.8 × 103 S/cm in the metallic phase. This increase is almost entirely accounted for by a change in electron density, while the electron mobility changes only slightly between the two phases, yet shows strong domain boundary scattering when the two phases coexist. Electron effective mass was determined to be ∼65m0 in the insulating phase. From the optical and infrared reflection spectra in the metallic phase, we obtained the plasma edge of VO2, from which the electron effective mass was determined to be ∼23m0. The bandg...
131 citations
TL;DR: The epitaxial-film model system directly clarified a substantial impact of the Al substitution and the lattice distortion on the lithium ion conductivity in the LLZO, indicating that the Al(3+) substitution in theLLZO lattice decreases the number of movable lithium ions and blocks the three-dimensional lithium migration pathway.
Abstract: Epitaxial thin films of Al-doped Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) with a cubic garnet-type structure were successfully synthesized using pulsed laser deposition to investigate the lithium ion conduction in grains. Two orientations of the films were obtained depending on the Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG) substrate orientation, LLZO(001)/GGG(001) and LLZO(111)/GGG(111). The ionic conductivities in the grains of the (001) and (111) films were 2.5 × 10−6 and 1.0 × 10−5 S cm−1 at 298 K, respectively, which were lower than those of polycrystalline LLZO of over 10−4 S cm−1. X-ray reflectometry and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry revealed a large amount of Al3+ of over 0.6 moles substituted for Li+. These results indicate that the Al3+ substitution in the LLZO lattice decreases the number of movable lithium ions and blocks the three-dimensional lithium migration pathway. The lattice mismatch between the film and the substrate induced the lattice distortion of the LLZO, resulting in different conductivities between the (001) and (111) films. The epitaxial-film model system directly clarified a substantial impact of the Al substitution and the lattice distortion on the lithium ion conductivity in the LLZO.
112 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on the manufacturing of ultra-low density carbon foam produced by pulsed laser deposition and obtain carbon foam layers having tunable mean density and thickness in the range 1-1000mg/cm 3 and 5-80 μm, respectively.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a larger number of phonon bands were observed in the polarization dependent Raman spectra of the ferrite films than expected for the cubic spinel structures, which is explained by short range ordering of the Ni2+ and Fe3+ cations at the octahedral sites inducing a lowering of the symmetry.
Abstract: Epitaxial films and ordered arrays of submicron structures of nickel and cobalt ferrites were deposited on Nb doped SrTiO3 by pulsed laser deposition. X-Ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy showed that the films have a good crystalline quality and smooth surfaces. A larger number of phonon bands was observed in the polarization dependent Raman spectra of the ferrite films than expected for the cubic spinel structures. This is explained by short range ordering of the Ni2+ (or Co2+) and Fe3+ cations at the octahedral sites inducing a lowering of the symmetry. The same behavior was also observed in the Raman spectra measured for the submicron structures, suggesting the same cation distribution as in the films. The diagonal components of the dielectric function for nickel and cobalt ferrites are determined from ellipsometry in the 0.73–5 eV photon energy range. The absorption edge was analyzed using a bandgap model and the energies for the indirect and direct optical transitions were calculated. It was...
TL;DR: In this article, the oxygen pressure effect on the structural and ferroelectric properties have been studied in epitaxial BaTiO3 (BTO)/SrRuO3/SrTiO 3 (001) heterostructures grown by pulsed laser deposition.
Abstract: The oxygen pressure effect on the structural and ferroelectric properties have been studied in epitaxial BaTiO3 (BTO)/SrRuO3/SrTiO3 (001) heterostructures grown by pulsed laser deposition. It is found that oxygen pressure is a sensitive parameter, which can influence the characteristics of oxide films in many aspects. The out-of-plane lattice parameter, tetragonality, (c/a) and Ti/Ba ratio monotonously decrease as the oxygen pressure increases from 5 mTorr to 200 mTorr. Microstructural study shows that the growth of BaTiO3 varies from a dense large grained structure with a smooth surface to a small columnar grain structure with rough surface as the deposition pressure increases. Electrical measurements show that the 40 mTorr deposited BTO films present maximum remanent polarization (Pr) (14 μC/cm2) and saturation polarization (Ps) (27 μC/cm2) due to the stoichiometric cation ratio, very smooth surface, and low leakage current. These results demonstrate that the controlling of cation stoichiometry, surface...
TL;DR: In this paper, 2% Al doped ZnO (AZO) thin films on SrTiO3 (STO) and Al2O3 substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition technique at various deposition temperatures were studied.
Abstract: We have prepared 2% Al doped ZnO (AZO) thin films on SrTiO3 (STO) and Al2O3 substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition technique at various deposition temperatures (Tdep = 300 °C–600 °C). Transport and thermoelectric properties of AZO thin films were studied in low temperature range (300 K–600 K). AZO/STO films present superior performance respect to AZO/Al2O3 films deposited at the same temperature, except for films deposited at 400 °C. Best film is the fully c-axis oriented AZO/STO deposited at 300 °C, which epitaxial strain and dislocation density are the lowest: electrical conductivity 310 S/cm, Seebeck coefficient −65 μV/K, and power factor 0.13 × 10−3 W m−1 K−2 at 300 K. Its performance increases with temperature. For instance, power factor is enhanced up to 0.55 × 10−3 W m−1 K−2 at 600 K, surpassing the best AZO film previously reported in literature.
TL;DR: Al-doped ZnO (AZO) thin films were deposited on glass substrates by pulsed laser deposition for low loss plasmonic applications in the near IR (NIR) as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Al-doped ZnO (AZO) thin films were deposited on glass substrates by pulsed laser deposition for low loss plasmonic applications in the near IR (NIR). The effect of oxygen content on the electrical/optical properties of AZO films in this region was investigated. Films deposited at optimized conditions exhibit a carrier concentration of 1.2 × 1021 cm−3, carrier mobility of 18 cm2 V−1 s−1, and zero-cross-over of the real permittivity below 1.5 μm. Optical losses in these AZO films are ∼5 times smaller than conventional Ag films in the NIR. These results make AZO a promising low-loss alternative material to conventional metals for plasmonic devices operating at telecommunication wavelengths.
TL;DR: Laser-based green synthetic approaches for 2D atomic sheets of graphene, graphene nanoribbons and inorganic analogues of graphene are relatively new techniques as discussed by the authors, which are capable of yielding impurity-free device quality 2D materials in a scalable manner and consequently inspiring various commercial applications.
Abstract: Laser-based green synthetic approaches for 2D atomic sheets of graphene, graphene nanoribbons and inorganic analogues of graphene are relatively new techniques. There are several significant laser-based approaches for graphene synthesis such as (a) laser exfoliation, (b) intercalation and exfoliation in liquid nitrogen, (c) pulsed laser deposition, (d) laser induced ultrafast chemical vapour deposition, (e) laser induced catalyst-free growth of graphene from solid carbon sources, (f) epitaxial graphene growth on a Si rich surface of SiC by laser sublimation of surface silicon atoms, (g) reduction of graphene oxide and (h) unzipping of carbon nanotubes. Apart from the deoxygenation of graphene, lasers have also been employed for the dehydrogenation and dehalogenation of graphene surfaces. Such laser induced bond dissociation paves the way for achieving the desired band gap in graphene by adequately controlling the extent of such surface bonds. Such photochemical transformations can be exploited for patterning and nanolithography of graphene and related materials. Laser exfoliation has successfully been extended to synthesize inorganic analogues of graphene such as 2D atomic sheets of hexagonal BN and metal dichalcogenides such as MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, WSe2etc. It is noteworthy that the emerging novel laser-based approaches have tremendously simplified the synthesis of 2D atomic sheets and are capable of yielding impurity-free device quality 2D materials in a scalable manner and consequently inspiring various commercial applications of such materials. An overview of the progress made into laser based approaches is presented.
TL;DR: In this paper, double artificial pinning centers of BaSnO3 nanorods and Y2O3 nanoparticles were investigated in YBa2Cu3O7 + BasnO3 films on textured substrates prepared using ion beam assisted deposition.
Abstract: Double artificial pinning centers of BaSnO3 nanorods and Y2O3 nanoparticles were investigated in YBa2Cu3O7 films on textured substrates prepared using ion beam assisted deposition. The BaSnO3 and Y2O3 content was varied in pulsed laser deposition. Transmission electron microscopy observation revealed the systematic change in density of the BaSnO3 nanorods and the Y2O3 nanoparticles in the films. In YBa2Cu3O7 + BaSnO3 films, maximum global pinning force (Fp,max) was improved at high magnetic fields, and Fp,max was shifted to high magnetic field by the Y2O3 incorporation due to an increase in density of the pinning centers. The angular dependences of critical current density (Jc) in the YBCO + BaSnO3 films were tuned by introducing Y2O3, and some of the YBa2Cu3O7 + BaSnO3 + Y2O3 films exhibited isotropic Jc behavior at low magnetic field. The double artificial pinning centers of BaSnO3 nanorods and Y2O3 nanoparticles are effective in improving Jc angular dependences, Jc values at high magnetic fields, and Fp,max.
TL;DR: An unexpected enhancement in magnetic moment and improved magnetic hysteresis squareness originating from the BFO/LSMO interface is revealed and is likely directly related to an electronic orbital reconstruction at the interface and complex interplay between orbital and spin degrees of freedom.
Abstract: We report on the heteroepitaxial growth of ferroelectric (FE)-antiferromagnetic (AFM) BiFeO3 (BFO) on ferromagnetic La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO), integrated on Si(100) using pulsed laser deposition via the domain matching epitaxy paradigm. The BFO/LSMO films were epitaxially grown on Si(100) by introducing epitaxial layers of SrTiO3/MgO/TiN. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photo absorption spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy were employed to fully characterize the samples. Furthermore, we have investigated the magnetic behavior of this five layer heterostructure, in which a d5 system (Fe3+) manifested in FE-AFM BFO is epitaxially conjoined at the interface to a multivalent transition metal ion such as Mn3+/Mn4+ in LSMO. The temperature- and magnetic field-dependent magnetization measurements reveal an unexpected enhancement in magnetic moment and improved magnetic hysteresis squareness originating from the BFO/LSMO interface. We obser...
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic study of the crystallinity dependence of room-temperature ferromagnetism in pure MgO thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition is presented.
Abstract: We report a systematic study of the crystallinity dependence of room-temperature ferromagnetism (RTFM) in pure MgO thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition. A sequential transition from ferromagnetism to diamagnetism as a function of deposition temperature is observed. All the samples deposited from room temperature (RT) to 200 °C show clear RTFM, and the magnetization decreases monotonically with the increase of the substrate temperature, whereas the MgO film grown at 300 °C shows diamagnetism behavior like bulk MgO sample. The maximum saturation magnetization of 8 emu/cm3 is obtained for the MgO film deposited at RT, which degrades dramatically after crystallization under the annealing in both vacuum and air atmosphere. Further photoluminescence and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies reveal that the ferromagnetism in the MgO thin films is correlated directly with the Mg vacancies.
TL;DR: In this article, the role of surface orientation on reactivity was investigated with two different orientations of the CeO2 films, i.e. CeO 2(100) and Ce2(111) surfaces.
Abstract: Cerium oxide is a principal component in many heterogeneous catalytic processes. One of its key characteristics is the ability to provide or remove oxygen in chemical reactions. The different crystallographic faces of ceria present significantly different surface structures and compositions that may alter the catalytic reactivity. The structure and composition determine the number of coordination vacancies surrounding surface atoms, the availability of adsorption sites, the spacing between adsorption sites and the ability to remove O from the surface. To investigate the role of surface orientation on reactivity, CeO2 films were grown with two different orientations. CeO2(100) films were grown ex situ by pulsed laser deposition on Nb-doped SrTiO3(100). CeO2(111) films were grown in situ by thermal deposition of Ce metal onto Ru(0001) in an oxygen atmosphere. The chemical reactivity was characterized by the adsorption and decomposition of various molecules such as alcohols, aldehydes and organic acids. In general the CeO2(100) surface was found to be more active, i.e. molecules adsorbed more readily and reacted to form new products, especially on a fully oxidized substrate. However the CeO2(100) surface was less selective with a greater propensity to produce CO, CO2 and water as products. The differences in chemical reactivity are discussed in light of possible structural terminations of the two surfaces. Recently nanocubes and nano-octahedra have been synthesized that display CeO2(100) and CeO2(111) faces, respectively. These nanoparticles enable us to correlate reactions on high surface area model catalysts at atmospheric pressure with model single crystal films in a UHV environment.
TL;DR: In this article, Bismuth selenide (Bi 2 Se 3 ) thin films were grown on SrTiO 3 (111) (STO) substrates using pulsed laser deposition (PLD).
TL;DR: Analysis of the magneto-conductance proves that the spin-orbit interaction plays a crucial role in the magneting property of SrIrO3, and weak/Anderson localization is mainly responsible for the observed thickness-dependent metal-insulator transition in SrIr O3 films.
Abstract: The thickness-dependent metal–insulator transition is observed in meta-stable orthorhombic SrIrO3 thin films synthesized by pulsed laser deposition. SrIrO3 films with thicknesses less than 3 nm demonstrate insulating behaviour, whereas those thicker than 4 nm exhibit metallic conductivity at high temperature, and insulating-like behaviour at low temperature. Weak/Anderson localization is mainly responsible for the observed thickness-dependent metal–insulator transition in SrIrO3 films. Temperature-dependent resistance fitting shows that electrical-conductivity carriers are mainly scattered by the electron–boson interaction rather than the electron–electron interaction. Analysis of the magneto-conductance proves that the spin–orbit interaction plays a crucial role in the magneto-conductance property of SrIrO3.
TL;DR: In this paper, a nanocrystalline Al2O3/amorphous Al 2O3 composite coating for protecting steels operating in heavy liquid metals (HLMs) at high temperature was proposed.
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of the laser parameters of pulsed laser deposition on the film stoichiometry and electronic properties of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (001) heterostructures was investigated.
Abstract: We investigate the effect of the laser parameters of pulsed laser deposition on the film stoichiometry and electronic properties of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (001) heterostructures. The La/Al ratio in the LaAlO3 films was varied widely from 0.88 to 1.15, and was found to have a strong effect on the interface conductivity. In particular, the carrier density is modulated over more than two orders of magnitude. The film lattice expansion, caused by cation vacancies, is found to be the important functional parameter. These results can be understood to arise from the variations in the electrostatic boundary conditions, and their resolution, with stoichiometry.
TL;DR: In this article, the formation of nanocomposite films with Ga metallic clusters embedded in a stoichiometric Ga2O3 matrix is characterized due to a phase separation in the metastable sub-stochastic Ga 2O2.3 film.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported on the synthesis of novel ovine and bovine derived hydroxyapatite thin films on titanium substrates by pulsed laser deposition for a new generation of implants.
TL;DR: In this paper, structural and optical properties of Cu doped ZnO (ZnO:Cu) thin films deposited on glass substrate at room temperature by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method without pre and post annealing contrary to all previous reports.
TL;DR: In this article, the surface of SnO 2 thin film with porous microstructure has been integrated with WO 3 nanoclusters using pulsed laser deposition technique and a novel sensor structure has been realized for detecting low concentration of NO 2 gas (10ppm) at a low operating temperature (100°C).
Abstract: The surface of SnO 2 thin film with porous microstructure has been integrated with WO 3 nanoclusters using pulsed laser deposition technique and a novel sensor structure has been realized for detecting low concentration of NO 2 gas (10 ppm) at a low operating temperature (100 °C). The content of WO 3 was found to be very critical and integration of 8 nm thick nanoclusters exhibits a high sensor response of 5.4 × 10 4 towards 10 ppm NO 2 gas with fast response (67 s). The origin of enhanced response characteristics has been analysed in the light of Fermi level and spillover mechanisms and are correlated with the reaction kinetics of NO 2 gas on the sensor surface.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented electrode properties of silicon nitride (SiN092) as a negative electrode in a lithium battery investigated in a solid electrolyte, which showed redox reactions below 5 V vs Li+/Li.
TL;DR: In this article, pure selenium nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by Liquid Phase -Pulsed Laser Ablation (LP-PLA) in de-ionized water.
Abstract: Pure selenium nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by Liquid Phase - Pulsed Laser Ablation (LP-PLA) in de-ionized water. Excimer laser (248 nm) operating at low fluence (F ∼ 1 J/cm2) was used to generate colloidal solutions of selenium nanoparticles. The obtained selenium nanoparticles were characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering, and Transmission Electron Microscopy. We describe the multi-modal size distributions generated and use the centrifugation method to isolate the smallest nanoparticles (∼60 nm in diameter).
TL;DR: An all-solid-state cell fabricated using the SE-coated NiS-VGCF composite as a working electrode showed the initial discharge capacity of 300 mA h g(-1), and exhibited better cycle performance than the cell using the uncoatedNiS- VGCF Composite.
Abstract: Composite materials including NiS active materials, sulfide-based solid electrolytes (SE), and conductive additives (VGCF: vapor grown carbon fiber) were prepared by coating a highly conductive Li(2)S-P(2)S(5) solid electrolyte onto NiS-VGCF composite using pulsed laser deposition (PLD). From scanning electron microscopy, NiS nanoparticles were on VGCF surface after coating of solid electrolytes using PLD. All-solid-state cells using the SE-coated NiS-VGCF composite and the uncoated NiS-VGCF composite were fabricated, and then the coating effects on the electrochemical performance by forming the SE thin film onto the NiS-VGCF composite were investigated. At a high current density of 3.8 mA cm(-2) (corresponding to ca. 1 C), an all-solid-state cell fabricated using the SE-coated NiS-VGCF composite as a working electrode showed the initial discharge capacity of 300 mA h g(-1), and exhibited better cycle performance than the cell using the uncoated NiS-VGCF composite.