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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
We investigated electrical conduction of anatase Ti0.94Nb0.06O2 (TNO) epitaxial thin films in relation to oxygen defects generated by post-annealing. Annealing of TNO in oxygen was found to cause dramatic decreases in ne . Resonant photoemission spectroscopy measurements revealed that a deep acceptor state just above the top of valence band evolves, synchronized with the decrease of ne . We proposed that the acceptor state originates from interstitial oxygen atoms combined with Nb dopants and compensates electron carriers.