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The structure of amorphous tungsten trioxide films was investigated with IR and Raman spectroscopic analyses and an XRD method. The films were prepared by ion exchange from sodium tungstate as a starting material. Films consisted of microclusters of 10–30 Å diameter, in which the networks are formed with WO6 octahedra sharing their corners and edges. The networks in the as-prepared samples consisted of WO6 units with low symmetry, in which termination by W=O and W—OH2 groups was common. As the post-annealed temperature became higher, the symmetry of WO6 was improved and the edge-sharing octahedra disappeared.
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Nanba, T., Nishiyama, Y. & Yasui, I. Structural study of amorphous WO3 thin films prepared by the ion exchange method. Journal of Materials Research 6, 1324–1333 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1991.1324
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1991.1324