Materials Science and Engineering School, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; Beijing Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
Abstract:
The crystalline carbon nitride thin films have been prepared on Si (100) substrates using microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition technique. The experimental X-ray diffraction pattern of the films prepared contain all the strong peaks of $\alpha$-C3N4 and $\beta$-C3N4, but most of the peaks are overlapped.The films are composed of $\alpha$-C3N4 and $\beta$-C3N4. The N/C atomic ratio is close to the stoichiometric value 1.33. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis indicated that the binding energies of C 1s and N 1s are 286.43eV and 399.08 eV respectively. The shifts are attributed to the polarization of C-N bond. Both observed Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectra were compared with the theoretical calculations. The results support the existence of C-N covalent bond in $\alpha$- and $\beta$-C3N4 mixture.