Journal
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
Volume 14, Issue 3-7, Pages 928-933Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2005.01.030
Keywords
diamond-like carbon; carbon nitride; plasma CVD; bonding configurations
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In this work, we report about the deposition of a-C(N):H films by electron-cyclotron-resonance using propane as a carbon precursor. The films generally present high H contents (up to 61 at.%) and large optical gaps. The maximum N content we obtained is 13 at.%. In nitrogenated films, we observed a strong decrease of the stretching intensity of the infrared spectra of the hydrocarbon (CH,,) vibrations, even at very low nitrogen content, the H content being still comparable to that of pure a-C:H. The various phenomena that can lead to such an effect are discussed: (i) different type of hydrogen bonding (CHn and NHn) in presence and in absence of nitrogenation; (ii) weakening of the cross-section of the CH. groups in presence of nitrogen; (iii) large presence of non-bonded hydrogen meaning, with this, either the presence of molecular H2 or unbounded hydrogen. In addition, the residual amount of IR absorption due to C-H vibrations shows that, in a-CN:H, C-H bonded and non-bonded hydrogen does coexist. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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