کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1506179 | 993784 | 2009 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: Electronic structure and conductivity of nanocomposite metal (Au, Ag, Cu, Mo)-containing amorphous carbon films Electronic structure and conductivity of nanocomposite metal (Au, Ag, Cu, Mo)-containing amorphous carbon films](/preview/png/1506179.png)
In this work, we study the influence of the incorporation of different metals (Me = Au, Ag, Cu, Mo) on the electronic structure of amorphous carbon (a-C:Me) films. The films were produced at room temperature using a species selective bias pulsed dual-cathode arc deposition technique. Compositional analysis was performed with secondary neutral mass spectroscopy whereas X-ray diffraction was used to identify the formation of metal nanoclusters in the carbon matrix. The metal content incorporated in the nanocomposite films induces a drastic increase in the conductivity, in parallel with a decrease in the band-gap corrected from Urbach energy. The electronic structure as a function of the Me content has been monitored by X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) at the C K-edge. XANES showed that the C host matrix has a dominant graphitic character and that it is not affected significantly by the incorporation of metal impurities, except for the case of Mo, where the modifications in the line shape spectra indicated the formation of a carbide phase. Subtle modifications of the spectral line shape are discussed in terms of nanocomposite formation.
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Journal: Solid State Sciences - Volume 11, Issue 10, October 2009, Pages 1742–1746