Effects of Surface Modification of Nanodiamond Particles for Nucleation Enhancement during Its Film Growth by Microwave Plasma Jet Chemical Vapour Deposition Technique
The seedings of the substrate with a suspension of nanodiamond particles (NDPs) were widely used as nucleation seeds to enhance the growth of nanostructured diamond films. The formation of agglomerates in the suspension of NDPs, however, may have adverse impact on the initial growth period. Therefor...
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| description | The seedings of the substrate with a suspension of nanodiamond particles (NDPs) were widely used as nucleation seeds to enhance the growth of nanostructured diamond films. The formation of agglomerates in the suspension of NDPs, however, may have adverse impact on the initial growth period. Therefore, this paper was aimed at the surface modification of the NDPs to enhance the diamond nucleation for the growth of nanocrystalline diamond films which could be used in photovoltaic applications. Hydrogen plasma, thermal, and surfactant treatment techniques were employed to improve the dispersion characteristics of detonation nanodiamond particles in aqueous media. The seeding of silicon substrate was then carried out with an optimized spin-coating method. The results of both Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering measurements demonstrated that plasma treated diamond nanoparticles possessed polar surface functional groups and attained high dispersion in methanol. The nanocrystalline diamond films deposited by microwave plasma jet chemical vapour deposition exhibited extremely fine grain and high smooth surfaces (~6.4 nm rms) on the whole film. These results indeed open up a prospect of nanocrystalline diamond films in solar cell applications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7bafddf428bf4823a6f820c8c7c47e6a2025-02-03T01:11:54ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422014-01-01201410.1155/2014/937159937159Effects of Surface Modification of Nanodiamond Particles for Nucleation Enhancement during Its Film Growth by Microwave Plasma Jet Chemical Vapour Deposition TechniqueChii-Ruey Lin0Da-Hua Wei1Minh-Khoa BenDao2Hong-Ming Chang3Wei-En Chen4Jen-Ai Lee5Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institute of Manufacturing Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Institute of Manufacturing Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, TaiwanSchool of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, TaiwanThe seedings of the substrate with a suspension of nanodiamond particles (NDPs) were widely used as nucleation seeds to enhance the growth of nanostructured diamond films. The formation of agglomerates in the suspension of NDPs, however, may have adverse impact on the initial growth period. Therefore, this paper was aimed at the surface modification of the NDPs to enhance the diamond nucleation for the growth of nanocrystalline diamond films which could be used in photovoltaic applications. Hydrogen plasma, thermal, and surfactant treatment techniques were employed to improve the dispersion characteristics of detonation nanodiamond particles in aqueous media. The seeding of silicon substrate was then carried out with an optimized spin-coating method. The results of both Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering measurements demonstrated that plasma treated diamond nanoparticles possessed polar surface functional groups and attained high dispersion in methanol. The nanocrystalline diamond films deposited by microwave plasma jet chemical vapour deposition exhibited extremely fine grain and high smooth surfaces (~6.4 nm rms) on the whole film. These results indeed open up a prospect of nanocrystalline diamond films in solar cell applications.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/937159 |
| spellingShingle | Chii-Ruey Lin Da-Hua Wei Minh-Khoa BenDao Hong-Ming Chang Wei-En Chen Jen-Ai Lee Effects of Surface Modification of Nanodiamond Particles for Nucleation Enhancement during Its Film Growth by Microwave Plasma Jet Chemical Vapour Deposition Technique Advances in Materials Science and Engineering |
| title | Effects of Surface Modification of Nanodiamond Particles for Nucleation Enhancement during Its Film Growth by Microwave Plasma Jet Chemical Vapour Deposition Technique |
| title_full | Effects of Surface Modification of Nanodiamond Particles for Nucleation Enhancement during Its Film Growth by Microwave Plasma Jet Chemical Vapour Deposition Technique |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Surface Modification of Nanodiamond Particles for Nucleation Enhancement during Its Film Growth by Microwave Plasma Jet Chemical Vapour Deposition Technique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Surface Modification of Nanodiamond Particles for Nucleation Enhancement during Its Film Growth by Microwave Plasma Jet Chemical Vapour Deposition Technique |
| title_short | Effects of Surface Modification of Nanodiamond Particles for Nucleation Enhancement during Its Film Growth by Microwave Plasma Jet Chemical Vapour Deposition Technique |
| title_sort | effects of surface modification of nanodiamond particles for nucleation enhancement during its film growth by microwave plasma jet chemical vapour deposition technique |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/937159 |
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