Raman spectra of carbon nanowalls grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

Raman spectra of carbon nanowalls (CNWs) grown using dc plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition were analyzed. The Raman spectra of CNWs exhibited G and D bands at similar to 1580 and similar to 1350 cm(-1) respectively. It is found that the bandwidth of the G band is relatively narrow, even when the peak intensity ratio of D band to G band is significantly high. This spectral feature of CNWs is distinguished from those of typical graphitelike carbons reported so far. From the comparison of these spectral features, it is shown that CNWs are composed of small crystallites with a high degree of graphitization. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.