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Optical and Mechanical Properties of Diamond-like Carbon Film with Variation of Carbon Ratio

탄소비율에 따른 Diamond-like Carbon Film의 광학적 및 기계적 특성

  • 윤덕용 (성균관대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 박용섭 (성균관대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 최원석 (한밭대학교 전기공학과) ;
  • 홍병유 (성균관대학교 정보통신공학부)
  • Published : 2008.09.01
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Abstract

Optical and mechanical properties of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films synthesized by RF plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition were investigated as a function the C/H ratio in gas mixture. The C/H ratio was varied from 6 to 10 %, adjusting the amount of $CH_4$ and $H_2$ as the source gas. The optical and mechanical properties of DLC films were characterized by UV spectrometer, Ellipsometer and Nano-indenter. The change of the C/H ratio during synthesis of DLC films had many effects on the growth rate, transmittance, refractive index and hardness. The growth rate of the films increased exponentially with the increase in C/H ratio. The hardness of the films showed the tendency to improve with increasing C/H ratio, whereas the transmittance decreased. The refractive index was varied from 2.03 to 2.17, and these refractive indexes close to 2.0 indicates that it can be applied to Si-based solar cell.

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