Preparation and characterization of antimony-doped SnO₂ thin films on gold and silver substrates for electrochemical and surface plasmon resonance studies

Maël Manesse (1) , Rosendo Sanjines (2) , Valérie Stambouli (3) , Rabah Boukherroub (4, 5) , Sabine Szunerits (1, 4, 5)

1 LEPMI - Laboratoire d'Electrochimie et de Physico-chimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces
2 LCr/IPMC/FSB
3 LMGP - Laboratoire des matériaux et du génie physique
4 IRI - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire [Villeneuve d'Ascq]
5 IEMN - Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520

The paper reports on the deposition of thin antimony (Sb)-doped SnO₂ films onto gold and silver substrates using magnetron sputtering. The influence of the SnO₂:Sb film on the electrochemical and surface plasmon resonance properties is investigated. The best results in terms of stability, electrochemical and plasmonic characteristics are obtained for SnO₂:Sb of 8.5 nm thickness deposited on silver substrates.

Mots clés: gold; silver; antimony-doped tin oxide films; coating; cyclic voltammetry; surface plasmon resonance

Domaines: Matériaux

Maël Manesse, Rosendo Sanjines, Valérie Stambouli, Rabah Boukherroub, Sabine Szunerits. Preparation and characterization of antimony-doped SnO₂ thin films on gold and silver substrates for electrochemical and surface plasmon resonance studies. Electrochemistry Communications, 2008, 10 (7), pp. 1041-1043. ⟨10.1016/j.elecom.2008.04.036⟩. ⟨hal-00365553⟩