scholarly journals Catalyst-Free Growth of Graphene by Microwave Surface Wave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition at Low Temperature

2016 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 10-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudip Adhikari ◽  
Hare Ram Aryal ◽  
Hideo Uchida ◽  
Masayoshi Umeno
2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (09) ◽  
pp. 2159-2165 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUDIP ADHIKARI ◽  
MASAYOSHI UMENO

Nitrogen incorporated hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:N:H) thin films have been deposited by microwave surface-wave plasma chemical vapor deposition on silicon and quartz substrates, using helium, methane and nitrogen ( N 2) as plasma source. The deposited a-C:N:H films were characterized by their optical, structural and electrical properties through UV/VIS/NIR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscope and current-voltage characteristics. The optical band gap decreased gently from 3.0 eV to 2.5 eV with increasing N 2 concentration in the films. The a-C:N:H film shows significantly higher electrical conductivity compared to that of N 2-free a-C:H film.


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