Field Emission Properties of Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Silicon Carbon Nitride Prepared from Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition

2005 ◽  
Vol 480-481 ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Juan Cheng ◽  
Jin Chun Jiang ◽  
Yang Zhang ◽  
De Zhong Shen ◽  
He Sun Zhu

Silicon carbon nitride (SiCN) films have been deposited on silicon wafers by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD). Gas mixture of H2, CH4, N2, and SiH4 was used as precursors, in which the flow rate of N2 was changed. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and micro-Raman spectroscopy were employed to characterize the composition and bonding structures, while field-emission scanning electron microscopy were used to investigate the microstructure of the films. With increasing the flow rate of N2 from 50 sccm to 300 sccm, the SiCN films changed from amorphous to nanocrystalline. Characteristic current-voltage measurements indicate a low turn-on field of 10.8 V/µm. Field emission current density of 4.5 mA/cm2 has been observed at 20 V/µm.

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 545-549
Author(s):  
Zhang Yong-ping ◽  
Gu You-song ◽  
Chang Xiang-rong ◽  
Tian Zhong-zhuo ◽  
Shi Dong-xia ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 480-481 ◽  
pp. 71-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Chun Jiang ◽  
Wen Juan Cheng ◽  
Yang Zhang ◽  
He Sun Zhu ◽  
De Zhong Shen

Carbon nitride films were grown on Si substrates by a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition method, using mixture of N2, CH4 and H2 as precursor. Scanning electron microscopy shows that the films consisted of a large number of hexagonal crystallites. The dimension of the largest crystallite is about 3 µm. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy suggests that nitrogen and carbon in the films are bonded through hybridized sp2 and sp3 configurations. The X-ray diffraction pattern indicates that the major part of the films is composed of α-, β-, pseudocubic C3N4 and graphitic C3N4. The Raman peaks match well with the calculated Raman frequencies of α- and β-C3N4, revealing the formation of the α- and β-C3N4 phase.


2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 333-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. C. CHEN ◽  
C. T. WU ◽  
J.-J. WU ◽  
K. H. CHEN

Carbon nitride and silicon carbon nitride have been grown by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition, electron-cyclotron-resonance plasma chemical vapor deposition, magnetron sputtering and ion beam sputtering. Depending on the specific process details, a wide range of microstructure and morphologies has been demonstrated. Effects of Si addition to CN network on the structure of the deposited materials were studied. While Si involvement in CVD process was crucial for crystal growth, excessive Si incorporation led to formation of amorphous phase in PVD process. Various optical constants including the band gap and refractive index of the SiCN phases are also reported.


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara P. Smirnova ◽  
Aleksander N. Shmakov ◽  
Aram M. Badalian ◽  
Vasiliy V. Kaichev ◽  
Valery I. Bukhtiyarov ◽  
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