• Increasing the conductivity of v2o5-teo2 glass by crystallization: structure and charge transfer studies

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  • P. Okoczuk
  • N. Wójcik
  • L. Murawski
  • L. Wicikowski
  • M. Łapiński
  • P. Winiarz
  • B. Kościelska

  This is the dataset concerning the publication titled: Increasing the conductivity of V2O5-TeO2 glass by crystallization: structure and charge transfer studies. In this dataset raw data and origin project concerning this article can be found.

• Au nanostructures coated with a ultrathin film of Al2O3 - measurements and FDTD simulations

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  • M. Łapiński
  • R. Kozioł
  • P. Syty
  • B. Kościelska
  • J. Sienkiewicz
  • W. Sadowski

  Gold plasmonic platforms have been coated with an ultra-thin films of aluminium oxide. Optical  measurements, showing the influence of the thickness of Al2O3 on plasmon resonance position. The observed red-shift of the resonance location with the increase of the thickness of the Al2O3 film, can be explained by the change in the dielectric function of...

• Chemical analysis of the Au-Ag nanoaloys

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  • M. Łapiński

  The nanostructures of AuAg nanoalloys were prepared by sequential sputtering of gold and silver thin films.  Single layer thickness was usually 2.8 nm were deosted by magnetron sputtering method in a Ar plasma. As deposited layers were annealed in Ar atmosphere at 550 degress for 15 minutes. For XPS measurements five samples were selected: pure gold...

• Measurements of the chemical composition of LTO:Cu powders

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  • M. Łapiński

  Lithium titanate doped by copper was measured by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS). For sol-gel synthesis lithium acetate dehydrate and titanium (IV) butoxide 97% and copper (II) nitrate from Alfa Aesar were used as a reagents. Cu precursor was added in the proper weight to get an x index equal 0, 0.1 and 0.2. In the first step lithium acetate...

• XPS study of the lithium titanate doped by copper

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  • M. Łapiński

  Lithium titanate doped by copper was measured by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy. For sol-gel synthesis lithium acetate dehydrate from Alfa Aesar GmbH &Co and titanium (IV) butoxide 97% from Aldrich were used as reagents. Copper (II) nitrate from Alfa Aesar was used as a source of Cu dopant. It was added in the proper weight to get an x index equal...

• Sol-gel derived lithium titanate powders measured by XPS method

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  • M. Łapiński

  For sol-gel synthesis lithium acetate dehydrate from Alfa Aesar GmbH &Co and titanium (IV) butoxide 97% from Aldrich were used as reagents. Copper (II) nitrate from Alfa Aesar was used as a source of Cu dopant. It was added in the proper weight to get an x index equal 0, 0.1 and 0.2. In the first step lithium acetate and copper nitrate were dissolved...

• Oxidation of silver nanostructures

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  • M. Łapiński

  Silver nanostructures were prepared on  Si substrate. Thin Ag films (2 and 6 nm thickness) were deposited using a tabletop dc magnetron sputtering coater (EM SCD 500, Leica) in pure Ar plasma. The Ag target was of 99.99% purity, the rate of layer deposition was about 0.4 nm·s−1 , and the incident power was in the range of 30–40 W. The layer thickness...

• Comparison of XPS spectra of Ag3d for silver nanostructures and bulk material

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  • M. Łapiński

  Ag nanostructures were prepared on borosilicate glass (Corning 1737F) and Si substrates. In both cases, the substrateswere cleaned with acetylacetone and then rinsed in ethanol. Thin Ag films (2 and 6 nm thickness) were deposited using a tabletop dc magnetron sputtering coater (EM SCD 500, Leica) in pure Ar plasma (argon, Air Products 99.999%). The...

• Surface modifcation of PMMA polymer detected by XPS

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  • M. Łapiński

  In order to obtain the experimental specimens, four PMMA/PC61BM samples with the following  mass proportions were prepared: 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40%. In addition, as a reference, a PMMA sample without  PC61BM was prepared as well. For the fabrication process, PC61BM 99.5% (Solenne BV), chloroform HPLC  (Sigma Aldrich), and PMMA (commercially available...

• SEM images of tge gold nanostructures on silicon

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  • M. Łapiński

  Au nanostructures were prepared on Si(111) as a substrate. The substrates (1 × 1 cm2  of area) were cleaned with acetylacetone and then rinsed in ethanol. Thin Au films (with thicknesses in a range of 1.7–5.0 nm) were deposited using a table-top dc magnetron sputtering coater (EM SCD 500, Leica) under pure Ar plasma conditions (Argon, Air Products 99.999%)....

• Formation of gold anostructures detected by SEM microscope

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  • M. Łapiński

  Gold nanostructures were prepared on silicon - Si(111) as a substrate. The substrates (1 × 1 cm2  of area) were cleaned with acetylacetone and then rinsed in ethanol. Thin Au films (with thicknesses in a range of 1.7–5.0 nm) were deposited using a table-top dc magnetron sputtering coater (EM SCD 500, Leica) under pure Ar plasma conditions (Argon, Air...

• SEM images of dewetted gold films

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  • M. Łapiński

  Gold nanostructures were prepared on silicon - Si(111) as a substrate. as a result of dewetting process. Thin golds films were deposited using a table-top dc magnetron sputtering coater under pure Ar plasma conditions . The Au target had 99.99% purity, the rate of Au layer deposition was about 0.4 nm·s−1 and the incident power was 32 W. The thickness...

• Investigation of the uniformity of TeO2:Eu layer

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  • M. Łapiński

  TeO2 doped by Eu thin films manufactured by magnetron sputtering method were measured by XPS method.  Te-Eu mosaic target with diameter of 50.8 mm was sputtered for about 45 min in argon-oxygen atmosphere what resulted in 300 nm film thickness deposition. The pressure in the deposition chamber was below 0.2 Pa and substrate was heated  at 200 oC during...

• Depth profile of the composition of 8 nm Al2O3 thin film

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  • M. Łapiński

  8 nm layer of aluminum oxide (Al2O3) was deposited by ALD method on a s.  Atomic layer deposition provides precise thickness control down to a single atomic layer. The precursors used were trimethylaluminum (Sigma-Aldrich) and purified water. The deposition of the atomic layer was carried out at 200 °C. To investigate the profile of concenration of...

• Chemical investigation of the Al2O3 ultra-thin films

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  • M. Łapiński

  Ultra-thin layers of oluminum oxide (Al2O3) were deposited by ALD method.  Atomic layer deposition provides precise thickness control down to a single atomic layer. The precursors used were trimethylaluminum (Sigma-Aldrich) and purified water. The deposition of the atomic layer was carried out at 200 °C. Samples with a thickness of 2 and 8 nm of alumina...

• Graphene oxide thin films deposited on a PCB board - chemical analysis

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  • M. Łapiński

  Graphene oxides based films were measured by  X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) method. TheXPS measurements were carried out with the Omicron NanoTechnology UHV equipment. The hemispherical spectrophotometer was equipped with a 128-channel collector. The XPS measurements were performed at room temperature at a pressure below 1.1 × 10−8 mBar. The...

• Mn-Co nanofilms on nickel foam measured by XPS mehod

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  • M. Łapiński

  Manganium-Cobaltium based thin films were electrochemically deposited on a Ni based subsrates in a one-step process at −1.1 V vs. Ag/AgCl in an aqueous solution of differently concentrated Mn(NO3)2·4H2O and Co(NO3)2·6H2O with the deposition time limited by charges of 60, 120, and 200 mC at 25 °C. The concentration ratios of Mn(NO3)2·4H2O to Co(NO3)2·6H2O...

• XPS analysis of the GO based materials

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  • M. Łapiński

  Graphene oxides samples were measured by XPS method. The X-ray photoemission spectroscopy measurements were carried out with Omicron NanoTechnology UHV equipment. The hemispherical spectrophotometer was equipped with a 128-channel collector. The XPS measurements were performed at room temperature at a pressure below 1.1 × 10−8 mBar. The photoelectrons...

• Substrate characterization in a electrochemically derived Manganium-Cobaltium thin films

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  • M. Łapiński

  Manganium-Cobaltium thin films were electrochemically deposited on a Ni foams subsrates in a one-step process at −1.1 V vs. Ag/AgCl in an aqueous solution of differently concentrated Mn(NO3)2·4H2O and Co(NO3)2·6H2O with the deposition time limited by charges of 60, 120, and 200 mC at 25 °C. The concentration ratios of Mn(NO3)2·4H2O to Co(NO3)2·6H2O...

• Lanthanum investigations in ceramics annealed in a dry and wet atmosphere

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  • M. Łapiński

  Ceramics based on Barium, Lanthanum, Gadolinium and Cobaltium were produced by standard solid state reaction from oxides and carbonate powders. After sintring, samples were annealed for 2 hours or 72 hours at 300 Celsius degree in a both: wet and dry atmosphere. Results of annealing on a chemical composition and valence state of lanthanum were observed...

• Study of the chemical state of Gd in a Ba-La-Gd-Co based ceramic

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  • M. Łapiński

  Barium, Lanthanum, Gadolinium and Cobaltium precursors were used for production of ceramic materials. Samples were produced by standard solid state reaction.  Samples were annealed at 300 Celsius degree in wet and dry atmosphere. Annealing takes 72h or 2h. Results of annealing on a Gadolinum were observed by X-Ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), OmicronNanotechnology....

• Influence of the annealing condictions on the chemical structure of LaBaGdCo ceramics

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  • M. Łapiński

  Ceramic samples based on Barium, Lanthanum, Gadolinium and Cobaltium were produced by solid state reaction.  After sintring in a furnance, samples were annealed at 300 Celsius degree in wet and dry atmosphere. Annealing takes 72h or 2h. Results of annealing were observed by X-Ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), OmicronNanotechnology.  XPS analysis...

• Investigations of the valence state of Co in a MnCoO ceramics

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  • M. Łapiński

  McCoO ceramics materials were produced by solid state reaction and sintred in a furnance in air atmosphere for 20h. Annealing temperature was 600 Celsius degree. For investigations a series of samples, with a various composition was chosen: MnCoO, Mn, Co2O and Mn2CoO. Chemical behaviour of the Cobaltium was measured by XPS method.  The analyses were...

• Valence state of Manganium in a MnCoO ceramics

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  • M. Łapiński

  Manganium -cobalt based ceramics materials were produced by solid state reaction and sintred in a furnance in air atmosphere for 20h. Annealing temperature was 600 Celsius degree. For investigations a series of samples, with a various composition was chosen: MnCoO, Mn, Co2O and Mn2CoO. In order to determine valence states of the Mn, X-Ray photoemission...

• Chemical composition of La-Sr-Ce-Ni-Ti ceramics material measured by XPS method

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  • M. Łapiński

  La-Sr-Ce-Ni-Ti (LSCNT) based ceramics sample was manufactured by standard solid state reaction.Prepared powder was pressed into pilled and sintered in a furnace in air atmosphere for 10h. Annealing temperature was 1200 Celsius degree. To calculate chemical composition and determine valence states of the elements, X-Ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS)...

• Reduction of the strontium titanate doped by Ytrium ceramics observed by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy method

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  • M. Łapiński

  Ytrium-doped strontium titanate (YSTF) ceramics materials were manufactured by three various methods: 1) standard solid-state reaction method from Y2O3 (Sigma Aldrich, 99,9%), TiO2 (Sigma Aldrich, 99%) and SrCO3 (Sigma Aldrich,98%), 2) Pechini method, 3) wet method.

• Plasmon resonance in a TiO2-Au NPs structures

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  • M. Łapiński

  Investigated structures were deposited on a pre cleaned Corning 1737 glass substrates, which provided flat optical transmission characteristics and high transmission coefficient in a visible light range. Plasmonic nanostructures were formed as a result of thermal annealing. For gold films with thickness of 2.8 nm depiction a table-top dc magnetron sputtering...

• Plasmon resonance in gold-silver nanoalloys

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  • M. Łapiński

  Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) can lead to improve or formation a new linear or nonlinear optical phenomena. Especially it can enhance a light emission from luminescence materials. The presence of metal nanostructures or nanoparticles is necessary to excitation of the SPR. It is well known that gold and silver nanostructures exhibit plasmon resonance...

• Structural investigations of the Al2O3 ultra thin films

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  • M. Łapiński

  Ultra-thin layers of Al2O3 were deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) (Beneq TFS 200 ALD system). This method provides precise thickness control down to a single atomic layer. The precursors used were trimethylaluminum (Sigma-Aldrich) and purified water. The deposition of the atomic layer was carried out at 200 °C. Samples with a thickness of 2...

• Depth profile of the gold-silver bimetallic structures

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  • M. Łapiński

  Silver and gold bimetallic layers were deposited on a silicon substrate by magnetron sputtering method. Both, Au and Ag layers had 3 nm of thickness. That prepared nanostructures were measured by XPS method. To obtain a depth profile of chemical composition, an Argon ion (Ar+) gun was used for etching surface of sample. Each cycle of etching takes 30...

• Depth profile of the chemical composition of the Au-Ag multilayers

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  • M. Łapiński

  Silver and gold multilayers were deposited on a silicon substrate by magnetron sputtering method. Both type, Au and Ag thin films had 2 nm of thickness. Totally structure had thickness of 6 nm (Au-Ag-Au). That prepared multilayers were measured by XPS method. To obtain a depth profile of chemical composition, an Argon ion (Ar+) gun was used for etching...

• TEM imaging of Ag-Au nanoalloys

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  • M. Łapiński

  The nanostructures of AuAg nanoalloys were prepared by sequential sputtering of metal thin layers (Au/Ag or Ag/Au) followed by annealing under 550 Celsius degree in an argon atmosphere. The basic single layer thickness was usually ca. 3 nm. For investigations two samples wih 50% Au and 50% Ag were selected and samples 1/3 Ag - 2/3 Au and 2/3 Ag - 1/3...

• TEM and EDX study of the Al2O3 ultra thin films

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  • M. Łapiński

  The ultra-thin layers of Al2O3 were deposited on a silicon substrates. The method of atomic layer deposition (Beneq TFS 200 ALD system) was chosen as the proper method of dielectric layer deposition. This method provides precise thickness control down to a single atomic layer. The precursors used were trimethylaluminum (Sigma-Aldrich) and purified water....

• XPS measurements of the iron elements covered by chromium

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  • M. Łapiński

  Anticorrosive coatings are an important issue in modern materials engineering. One of the most commonly used, for that coating materials, is chrome. Three metal elements were measured, named as Turcja, WB Tech and Nomet. Names were given according to producer of elements. XPS measurements of the Cr 2p region give an ansver concering on surface chemical...

• Chemical composition of tellurium oxides thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering method

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  • M. Łapiński

  Thin films were prepared by radio frequency reactive magnetron sputtering technique. Metallic Te target was sputtered for about 45 min in argon-oxygen atmosphere what resulted in 300 nm film thickness deposition. The pressure in the chamber was below 0.2 Pa and substrate was heated at 200 °C. The distance between sputtered target and the Corning 1737...

• Electrical measurements of the dewetting of metal thin films

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  • M. Łapiński

  In situ observations of dewetting of thin films is very complicated. One of the method, that helps to observe it, could be electrical measurements. For experiments, thin gold, silver and gold-silver nanoalloy films were deposited by magnetron sputtering method. Films were deposited on a Corning glass substrates. Samples were measured by four point method...

• Sol-gel derived TeO2:RE powders

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  • M. Łapiński

  Tellurium dioxide powders doped by Europium or Dysprosium were prepared by sol-gel method. Samples were annealed in ix of Ar and O2 atomosphere at 600 degrees. Presence of rare earth dopants and Te4+ phase was confirmed by X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy method (XPS). For XPS measurements samples with 1 atomic % and 5 atomic % of dopand were selected.

• XPS study of the NH4-VOx powders

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  • M. Łapiński

  Vanadium pentoxide samples were prepared by sol-gel method. The starting solution was prepared by mixing vanadium (V) oxytripropoxide (Aldrich) in an anhydrous ethanol as solvent and acetylacetone. By drying the sol at 323 K for 48 h, it transforms via gel into a xerogel powder. Next, the precursor powder was pressed into the disk-shaped pellets. Samples...

• Hydrogenation process ofTiO2/BiVO4/PEDOT:PSS observed by XPS method

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  • M. Łapiński

  Titania nanotubes synthesis was based on a two-stage anodization process at water/ethylene glycol (5%/95%) electrolyte containing 0.27 M NH4F and 1 M H3PO4 described previously. Anodization process was performed in two-electrode cell compartment using platinum mesh as a cathode. The distance between electrodes was about 2 cm. The anodization voltage...

• Chemical investigations of the MoO3 doped by K films deposited FTO

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  • M. Łapiński

  MoO3 thin films were synthesized via thermal annealing of thin, metallic Mo films deposited onto the FTO substrate using a magnetron sputtering system. The influence of photointercalation of alkali metal cation (K+) into the MoO3 structure on the photoelectrochemical properties of the molybdenum trioxide films was investigated. The chemical characterisation...

• Depth chemical profile in a CeIr3 sample

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  • M. Łapiński

  The polycrystalline sample of CeIr3 used in the present studies was synthesized by arc-melting cerium (4N) and iridium (3N5) in an arc furnace on a water-cooled copper hearth using a tungsten electrode under a high purity argon atmosphere. A piece of zirconium was used as an oxygen getter. First, a button of Ir was prepared by arc-melting the iridium...

• XPS investigations of tge tin/tin oxides - CNT composites

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  • M. Łapiński

  The composite of tin/tin oxide nanoparticles with graphene oxide and CMC based on laser ablation technique as an electrode material for energy storage devices were manufactured. The material exhibited a three-dimensional conducting graphene oxide network decorated with tin or tin oxide nanoparticles. The presence of tin/tin oxide in composites was...

• SPTNO ceramics measured by XPS method

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  • M. Łapiński

  SPTNO (Sr-Pr-Ti-Ni-O) ceramic were manufactured by solid state reaction, from oxides compounds. Synthesis conducted in air atmosphere at temperature in a range of 800-900 deg. Chemical composition of prepared materials were measured by XPS (X-Ray photoemision spectroscopy) method. UHV OmicronNanotechnology system with 128 channel Argus hemispherical...

• SEM inwestigation of the silver nanostructures

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  • M. Łapiński

  Silver thin films with a thickness of 1nm, 3nm, 5nm, 7nm and 9nm were deposited by a table-top magnetron sputtering unit in a pure argon plasma from a high-purity silver target. Silicon wafers was used as a substrates. As-deposired films were annealed in Ar atmosphere at 550 Celsius degree for 15 minutes.As a result of annealing, Ag nanostructures formed...

• Luminescence and FTIR measurements of B2O3-Bi2O3-SrF2 glass and glass-ceramics doped with Eu3+ ions

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  • K. Milewska
  • M. Maciejewski
  • A. Synak
  • M. Łapiński
  • W. Sadowski
  • B. Kościelska

  Luminescence and FTIR measurements of B2O3-Bi2O3-xSrF2+2Eu (x=10,20) glass and glass-ceramics. The emission and excitation spectra of the samples depend on the composition and annealing time.

• XPS measurement of the Fe-Ti based materials

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  • M. Łapiński

  The mono‐ and bimetal‐modified (Pd, Cu) titanium(IV) oxide and iron oxide (III) photocatalysts were prepared by chemical reduction method and characterized using XPS method. The composition of elements incorporated in the surface layer of mono- and bimetallic photocatalysts was determined by XPS analysis, as well as the valence state of elements. Measurements...

• Polymers doped by Ca or P. Chemical composition investigations

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  • M. Łapiński

  The calcium and phosphorus doped polyurethane polymers (PU) were analyzed by XPS method. A series of samples with various content of Ca and P dopand - from 0% up to 21%) were selected for measutements. The chemical composition and valence state of elements were measurements using OmicronNatechnology UHV system wih  Argus hemispherical photoelectron...

• X-Ray photoemission spectroscopy measurements of the Nb-V-Sr-O ceramics

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  • M. Łapiński

  Niobium doped strontium vanadate based perovskite SrV1-xNbxO3-δ materials were prepared via conventional solid state reaction (SSR) method. For comparison, different samples with a various amount of niobium dopant in the structure were synthesized; x = 0; 0,2; 0,5; 0,8 and 1. Samples were sintered by two-steps: first under a pure hydrogen (purity >99.999%)...

• XPS study of the YST ceramics

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  • M. Łapiński

  Yttrium-doped strontium titanate  was prepared via conventional solid-state reaction method from Y2O3 (Sigma Aldrich, 99,9%), TiO2 (Sigma Aldrich, 99%) and SrCO3 (Sigma Aldrich,98%). For comparision, two other techniques were used for synthesis: Pechini and wet methods. Both kind of samples were measured, after and before reduction process (in a hydrogen)....

• XPS study of the TiO2-WO2 composites

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  • M. Łapiński

  Valence state of W and Ti was measured in a TiO2-WO3 composites with a various composition.Powder samples of pure titanium dioxide, tungsten oxide and mix of 50% titanium oxide and 50% od tungsten oxide were measured.  Oxides were annealed at the temperature in the range of 300 Celsius degree up to 900 deg. Measurements were performed by XPS UHV Omicron...