Linear antenna microwave plasma CVD diamond deposition at the edge of no-growth region of C-H-O ternary diagram

0389192 - FZÚ 2013 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Potocký, Štěpán - Babchenko, Oleg - Hruška, Karel - Kromka, Alexander
Linear antenna microwave plasma CVD diamond deposition at the edge of no-growth region of C-H-O ternary diagram.
Physica Status Solidi B. Roč. 249, č. 12 (2012), s. 2612-2615. ISSN 0370-1972. E-ISSN 1521-3951
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GBP108/12/G108; GA ČR GAP205/12/0908
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100521
Keywords : C-H-O phase diagram * nanocrystalline diamond * plasma enhanced CVD * Raman spectroscopy * SEM
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism
Impact factor: 1.489, year: 2012

The process parametric window for diamond deposition using the chemical vapor deposition at low pressures is quite limited where addition of oxygen in the gas phase broadens this window. The lower boundary of the lens-shaped domain in C-H-O ternary diagram concurs with the H2-CO tie-line (C/(C+O)=0.5). In this work, we present the set of experiments where the ratio of C/(C+O) was kept at a constant value 0.385. The effect of hydrogen concentration (ratio O/(O+H) varied from 0.047 to 0.364) on plasma characteristics and deposited NCD films were investigated. Raman spectroscopy confirmed the diamond character of all deposited coatings while scanning electron microscopy showed transformation from not closed to continuous film and further decrease of grain size and finally growth of diamond nanowires while decreasing hydrogen concentration in a gas mixture.
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