Novel Synthetic Routes to Carbon-Nitrogen Thin Films

John Kouvetakis; Anil Bandari; Michael Todd; Barry Wilkens; Nigel Cave

doi:10.1021/cm00042a018

Novel Synthetic Routes to Carbon-Nitrogen Thin Films

John Kouvetakis, Anil Bandari, Michael Todd, Barry Wilkens, Nigel Cave

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New unimolecular carbon-nitride precursors such as C₃N₃F₂N(SiMe₃)₂ and C₃N₃Cl₂N(SiMe₃)₂ were synthesized and used to deposit thin films of composition C₃N₄-C_3.2N₄, the highest nitrogen content observed in C-N solids. The films were formed by the thermal decomposition of the precursors via elimination of SiMe₃F and SiMe₃Cl at 400–500 °C. Film thicknesses between 1200 and 4000 Å were deposited on (100) Si, graphite, beryllium, and SiO₂, and were extensively characterized for composition and chemical purity using RBS, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, and SIMS. The material was amorphous as indicated by X-ray diffraction. IR, EELS, and ¹³C NMR reveal substantial sp² hybridization in both the carbon and the nitrogen. This material should be an excellent precursor for the high-pressure synthesis of C₃N₄, the highly sought structural and compositional analog of Si₃N₄.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	811-814
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chemistry of Materials
Volume	6
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/cm00042a018
State	Published - Jun 1 1994

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