Tantalum carbide films synthesized by hot-filament chemical vapor deposition technique


Ali M., Ürgen M. K., ATTA M. A.

SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, cilt.206, ss.2833-2838, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 206
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2011.12.002
  • Dergi Adı: SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2833-2838
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) with thermionic-emission of hot tantalum filaments with H-2 diluted CH4 as precursor was used to deposit tantalum carbide composite films on silicon. Standard characterization techniques and analysis tools were employed to study the surface morphology and roughness, fracture cross-section, phase evolution and hardness of the deposited films. The results indicate that the morphology, surface roughness. structure, texture, thickness and hardness of the coatings are greatly influenced by the process parameters. The films are mainly composed of TaC along with C and Ta2C phases. TaC grains are very small at 60 Torr. while at 100 Tort, coarse grains are developed. With an increase in substrate temperature from 850 degrees C to 950 degrees C grain size becomes almost double and dense coating is formed, while by making methane concentration double coarse grains along with cluster formation are observed and porosity is increased. The higher the graphite content the lower the hardness. Composite structure of graphite and TaC grown by modified hot-filament CVD is likely to be a potential candidate for thermal barrier coatings. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.