Abstract
Al foil was coated with niobium oxide by cathodic electroplating and anodized in a neutral boric acid solution to achieve high capacitance in a thin film capacitor. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) revealed the niobium oxide layer on Al to be a hydroxide-rich amorphous phase. The film was crystalline and had stoichiometric stability after annealing at temperatures up to 600 °C followed by anodizing at 500 V, and the specific capacitance of the Nb2O5-Al2O 3 composite oxide was approximately 27% higher than that of Al 2O3 without a Nb2O5 layer. The capacitance was quite stable to the resonance frequency. Overall, the Nb 2O5-Al2O3 composite oxide film is a suitable material for thin film capacitors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1505-1508 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Materials Science and Engineering B |
| Volume | 176 |
| Issue number | 18 |
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| State | Published - 15 Nov 2011 |
Keywords
- Anodizing
- Cathodic electroplating
- Thin film capacitor