Formation of Cupric Oxide Films on Quartz Substrates by Annealing the Copper Films

Journal of Applied Chemical Research

مقاله 9، دوره 9، شماره 2، مرداد 2015، صفحه 73-80   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

نویسندگان

Alireza Hojabri^* ؛ Fatemeh Hajakbari؛ Masoumeh Najarsadeghi

چکیده

In the present work, cupric oxide (CuO) films were obtained through thermal annealing of
the copper (Cu) films deposited on quartz substrates by DC magnetron sputtering method.
The annealing was performed in air atmosphere for different times ranging from 60-240 min
at temperature of 400 ºC. The influence of annealing times on structural and morphological
properties of the films was investigated by different analyses. The XRD results showed that
the as-deposited film was Cu, while those annealed at different times were composed of CuO.
By increasing annealing times up to 180 min, the intensity of CuO diffraction peaks increased
and further enhancement of annealing times led to decrease of the crystallinity. Also, the AFM
images of the films conformed the dependence of surface morphology to annealing times. 

کلیدواژه‌ها

CuO؛ DC magnetron sputtering؛ Annealing؛ Structural and Morphological properties