RT Journal Article
T1 Photochromic mechanism in oxygen-containing yttrium hydride thin films: An optical perspective
A1 Montero, J.
A1 Martinsen, F. A.
A1 García Tecedor, M.
A1 Karazhanov, S Zh.
A1 Maestre Varea, David
A1 Hauback, B.
A1 Marstein, E. S.
AB Oxygen-containing yttrium hydride thin films exhibit photochromic behavior: Transparent thin films reversibly switch from a transparent state to a photodarkened state after being illuminated with UV or blue light. From optical spectrophotometry and ellipsometry measurements of the transparent state and photodarkened state, it is concluded that the photochromic effect can be explained by the gradual growth, under illumination, of metallic domains within the initial wide-band-gap semiconducting lattice. This conclusion is supported by Raman measurements.
PB American Physical Society
SN 2469-9950
YR 2017
FD 2017-05-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18042
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18042
LA eng
NO ©2017 American Physical Society.This work was financially supported by the Norwegian Research Council though the FRINATEK Project No. 240477/F20 and the IDELAB/NANO2021 Project No. 238848.
NO Norwegian Research Council
DS Docta Complutense
RD 5 abr 2025