Research Article

Study of Synchrotron Radiation Near-Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine-Structure of Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon Films at Various Thicknesses

Table 1

Comparison of the peak positions of the C K-edge NEXAFS spectra of the a-C:H films obtained from previous works and from the present work.

SamplesPeak positions (eV)Reference
(C=C) (C–H) (C≡C) (C–C) (C=C) (C≡C)

Previous works
a-C:H285.5288.0293.0303.8[4]
a-C:H††285.0~287.0~288.0[10]
a-C:H†††285.5287.0–288.0293.0[19]
a-C:H††††284.7286.3287.2288.2292.6303.8[20]

Present work
A, B, C, D284.6286.6~287.5~288.8293.0300.2

Electron cyclotron resonance chemical vapor deposition (ECR-CVD) method, ††plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method, †††dip deposited method, and ††††pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method.