Significance of Niobium (V) Oxide for Practical Applications: A Review

Nb 2 O 5 has recently been considered as one of the oxides thin films that attracts a noticeable attraction by scientific prospective aspects. Its usefulness in a wide practical applications range such as in optoelectronic devices, optical coatings, catalysis, gas sensors, photocell, electrochromics, photoelectrodes, Ec devices, microelectronics and in the medical field paid researchers attention to synthesize it by various methods like sol.gel, electrodeposition, chemical vapor deposition etc. Among those, Pulsed laser deposition technique has achieved an effective improvements. In this paper, we aim to revise increasing significance of Nb 2 O 5 supported by previous applications and a further possible future outlook.