Unraveling Metal-insulator Transition Mechanism of VO2Triggered by Tungsten Doping
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- 22 June 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Scientific Reports
- Vol. 2 (1), 466
- https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00466
Abstract
Understanding the mechanism of W-doping induced reduction of critical temperature (TC) for VO2 metal-insulator transition (MIT) is crucial for both fundamental study and technological application. Here, using synchrotron radiation X-ray absorption spectroscopy combined with first-principles calculations, we unveil the atomic structure evolutions of W dopant and its role in tailoring the TC of VO2 MIT. We find that the local structure around W atom is intrinsically symmetric with a tetragonal-like structure, exhibiting a concentration-dependent evolution involving the initial distortion, further repulsion, and final stabilization due to the strong interaction between doped W atoms and VO2 lattices across the MIT. These results directly give the experimental evidence that the symmetric W core drives the detwisting of the nearby asymmetric monoclinic VO2 lattice to form rutile-like VO2 nuclei, and the propagations of these W-encampassed nuclei through the matrix lower the thermal energy barrier for phase transition.Keywords
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