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Redox reactions in the Pt/TiO2–WO3/SiO2 planar system

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Abstract The thermal behavior of the titanium–tungsten adhesive layer (30–70 at.%) deposited on a SiO2 substrate followed by a thicker Pt layer was investigated. The resulting Pt/TiW/SiO2 planar system was annealed under air or vacuum. Morphological and chemical characterizations at different stages of the annealing, as a function of several parameters such as treatment atmosphere, annealing temperature and thickness of the Pt film were performed through surface science analyses. When annealing under air, even at mild temperature (773 K), the whole interlayer oxidizes while a low amount of tungsten diffuses through platinum film. This phenomenon is related to tungsten oxidation which acts as the driving force leading to WO3 ultra thin overlayer. On the obtained WO3/Pt/TiO2–WO3/SiO2 system, whatever subsequent vacuum annealing conditions are, the reduction process of surface tungsten oxide is revealed leading to WOx