Adamopoulos, George (2003) The electrochemical reactivity of amorphous hydrogenated carbon nitrides for varying nitrogen contents: the role of the substrate. DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, 12 (3-7). pp. 613-617. ISSN 0925-9635
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A series of hydrogenated carbon nitride films have been deposited on titanium and n-type highly doped (1 0 0) silicon substrates by the integrated distributed electron cyclotron resonance reactor from acetylene and nitrogen gas mixtures. It has been found that for nitrogen content between 5 and 25% the electrical conductivity and the electrochemical reactivity, for an outer sphere reaction such as that due to the ferri-ferrocyanide system, varies in opposite directions. In addition the overall kinetic behaviour of the same system, looking similar to that of a simple electron transfer with a partial mass transfer in solution, contains another contribution. This can be explained by the presence of a more resistive layer within the carbon film and close to the solution, where electronic transport would occur by hopping between a large number of localised states. Finally, in contrast to the silicon substrate which introduces a resistive layer resulting in an additional potential drop, titanium seems to be a more promising substrate because of the negligibility of the latter effect.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | carbon nitride films ; electrochemical properties ; ECR deposition |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Engineering |
| ID Code: | 58578 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 29 Oct 2012 16:19 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2012 16:19 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/58578 |
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