Carbon film deposition on SnO2/Si(111) using DC unbalanced magnetron sputtering

In this paper, carbon deposition on SnO2 layer using DC unbalanced magnetron-sputtering technique at low temperature has been systematically studied. Sputtering process were carried out at pressure of 4.6×10−2 Torr by keeping the substrate temperature at 300 °C. SnO2 were growth on silicon (111) substrate using thermal evaporation and continuing with dry oxidation of Sn at 225 °C. Thermal evaporation for high purity Sn was conducted by maintain the current source as high as 40 ampere. The quality of SnO2 on Si(111) and the characteristic of carbon thin film on SnO2 were analized by mean XRD, FTIR and Raman spectra. XRD analysis shows that SnO2 film is growth uniformly on Si(111). FTIR and Raman spectra confirm the formation of thin film carbon on SnO2. Additionally, thermal annealing for some sample series have been performed to study their structural stability. The change of atomic structure due to thermal annealing were analized by Raman and XRD spectra