Niobium oxides and niobates physical properties: Review and prospects

C Nico, T Monteiro, MPF Graça - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
For the last 75 years several studies have been reporting on the physical properties of
niobium oxides, but there is still many contradictory, inconsistent and insufficient information …

Preparation and Characterization of NbxOy Thin Films: A Review

NC Emeka, PE Imoisili, TC Jen - Coatings, 2020 - mdpi.com
Niobium oxides (NbO, NbO2, Nb2O5), being a versatile material has achieved tremendous
popularity to be used in a number of applications because of its outstanding electrical …

Review on niobium-based chalcogenides for electrochemical energy storage devices: Application and progress

X Zhang, N Peng, T Liu, R Zheng, M Xia, H Yu, S Chen… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Electrochemical energy storage devices are currently an ideal tool to meet the energy needs
of the people. It has been certified that niobium-based chalcogenides are generally used as …

Revisiting AGN as the source of IceCube's diffuse neutrino flux

D Smith, D Hooper, A Vieregg - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The origin of the astrophysical neutrino flux reported by the IceCube Collaboration remains
an open question. In this study, we use three years of publicly available IceCube data to …

Structural and physical properties of NbO2 and Nb2O5 thin films prepared by magnetron sputtering

N Hossain, O Günes, C Zhang, C Koughia, Y Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Springer
NbO x thin films have been deposited on silicon (100) and quartz substrates by magnetron
sputtering using a metallic Nb target in an optimized argon–oxygen atmosphere. This work …

A Method Toward Fabricating Semiconducting 3R-NbS2 Ultrathin Films

JK Dash, L Chen, PH Dinolfo, TM Lu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Ultrathin NbS2 films were synthesized from sputter-deposited ultrathin Nb films on SiO2/Si
and quartz substrates at 850° C under sulfur vapor pressure. The structure and surface …

A new precursor route for the growth of NbO2 thin films by chemical vapor deposition

R Singh, P Chithaiah, CNR Rao - Nanotechnology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Niobium dioxide (NbO 2) exhibits metal-insulator transition (Mott transition) and shows the
potential for application in memristors and neuromorphic devices. Presently growth of NbO 2 …

Epitaxial niobium dioxide thin films by reactive-biased target ion beam deposition

Y Wang, RB Comes, S Kittiwatanakul… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Epitaxial NbO 2 thin films were synthesized on Al 2 O 3 (0001) substrates via reactive bias
target ion beam deposition. X-ray diffraction and Raman spectra were used to confirm the …

Properties of Nb3Sn films fabricated by magnetron sputtering from a single target

MN Sayeed, U Pudasaini, CE Reece, GV Eremeev… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Superconducting Nb 3 Sn films were fabricated on sapphire and fine grain Nb
substrates by magnetron sputtering from a single stoichiometric Nb 3 Sn target. The …

Improving energy storage efficiency through carbon doping of niobium oxide nanomaterials derived from areca husk in redox flow batteries and supercapacitors

BC Gireeshkumar, BS Kumar, YA Nayaka… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, niobium oxide nanoparticles (NbO 2) were synthesized using the hydrothermal
technique and then composite with areca activated carbon (ACs) to produce activated …