An Investigation of Titanium‐Vanadium Nitride Phase Space, Conducted Using Combinatorial Atmospheric Pressure CVD

The technique of combinatorial atmospheric pressure (AP)CVD, a recent addition to the growing number of combinatorial materials methods, is used to form twelve members of the TixV1‐xN alloy series with 0.29 < x < 0.94. This series of compounds has a rock‐salt structure with TiN and VN as the end members. The twelve phases, which have potential use as heat mirror coatings, are all synthesized in a single experiment. The structure and properties of the materials are investigated using powder X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). The optical properties are considered using visible‐IR spectroscopy (IRS), which allows the suitability of the films as solar control coatings to be investigated and optimized as a function of composition.