MPCVD法中氮气对单晶金刚石生长机理影响的探究

在微波等离子体化学气相沉积法同质外延生长单晶金刚石的过程中添加不同浓度的氮气,利用发射光谱、拉曼光谱等测试手段探究不同浓度氮气对等离子体以及单晶金刚石生长质量和速率的影响,通过分析等离子体内部基团强度的变化探究添加氮气对单晶金刚石生长机理的影响。探究发现:氮气的添加对于等离子体内基团的种类并没有明显改变,但随着氮气浓度的升高,CN基团的基团强度具有明显升高的趋势,C2基团的基团强度不断降低,单晶金刚石的生长速率不断提高。氮气并不是通过提高甲烷的离解度来产生更多的C2基团从而促进单晶金刚石的生长,而是作为一种催化剂加快单了晶金刚石表面的化学反应。当氮气浓度低于0.5%时,单晶金刚石的生长速率提高幅度较大且生长质量良好。但当氮气浓度超过0.8%时,单晶金刚石的生长速率逐渐趋近于饱和,且非金刚石相不断增多,生长质量不断降低,因而通入氮气的最佳浓度应该低于0.5%。

Effective removal of the protective ligands from Au nanoclusters by ambient pressure nonthermal plasma treatment for CO oxidation

We used a dielectric barrier discharge(DBD)plasma technique to eliminate the protective ligand of ZnAl-hydrotalcite-supported gold nanoclusters.We used X-ray powder diffraction,ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry,thermogravimetric analysis,and high angle annular dark-field-scanning transmission electron microscopy characterization to show that the samples pretreated with/without DBD-plasma displayed different performances in CO oxidation.The enhanced activity was obtained on the plasma-treated samples,implying that the protective ligand was effectively removed via the plasma technique.The crystal structure of the plasma-treated samples changed markedly,suggesting that the plasma treatment could not only break the chemical bond between the gold and the protective agent but could also decompose the interlayer ions over the hydrotalcite support.The particle sizes of the gold after DBD-plasma treatment implied that it was a good way to control the size of the gold nanoparticles under mild conditions.