采用氟化钨(WF6)和甲烷为前驱体气体,以氩气为载气,在氢气氛下,采用等离子体增强化学气相沉积(PECVD)方法在低温下制备具有纳米结构的碳化钨薄膜。采用SEM、AFM、XRD、EDS等方法表征了碳化钨薄膜的形貌、晶体结构和化学组成,表明基体温度在450℃,甲烷与氟化钨气体流量比为10时得到的碳化钨薄膜是以直径为Ф40~80nm,高度为150~200nm的圆柱状的纳米晶粒聚合体组成。探讨了低温制备纳米结构碳化钨薄膜的机理,分析了基体温度对薄膜物相和微观结构的影响。
Nanostructure tungsten carbide thin films were deposited by low temperature plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) from a WF6/CH4/H2/Ar mixture on nickel substrates. The phase composition of the deposited films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscope (AFM) and energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS). The results show that the tungsten carbide thin film deposited at 450℃ consists of the nanostructured clusters with the column size of 40 ~ 80nm diameter and 150 ~ 200nm height. Finally,the growth mechanism of PECVD nanostructured tungsten carbide thin films on the nickel substrate and the effect of temperature were also discussed.