Highly photoconductive amorphous carbon nitride films prepared by cyclic nitrogen radical sputtering

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2803-2805

  Katsuno, T ^a   Nitta, S ^a   Habuchi, H ^b   Stolojan, V ^c   Silva, S R P ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; ELECTRODES; ENERGY GAP; FREE RADICALS; GRAPHITE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOCURRENTS; SPUTTERING;

BONDING STATES; DEFECT DENSITY; OPTICAL BAND GAP;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 8344270310     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1792384     Document Type: Article

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