Transport charge of gallium arsenide films synthesized on polycrystalline silicon by ion ablation A V Kabyshev, F V Konusov, G E Remnev et al. Abstract. Electrical and photovoltaic properties of polycrystalline diamond films (PDF), deposited from the abnormal glow discharge were analysed. Features of charge carrier transfer in PDF are determined by continuous energy distribution in the band gap of defect states of different nature. Dominated n-type conductivity activation component of electrical conduction and photoconductivity is complemented by a hopping mechanism with the participation of states near the Fermi level with a density 5.6·10 17 -2.1·10 21 eV -1 сm -3 . Activation transfer is realized in the exchange of charge carriers between the allowed bands and donor levels with the activation energy 0.007-0.21 eV, which are sparsely populated and have wide variation in their parameters. Trapping centers and carriers recombination are heterogeneously distributed in grain boundaries. Under lighting, the state density increases 3-5 times and probable jump length decreases by 1-3 nm. Spectral distribution centers of photosensitivity are correlated with the distribution of deep-level defects, determining the absorption spectra.
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond is a prospective thin film material for cutting tools applications due to the extreme combination of hardness, chemical inertness, and thermal conductivity. However, the CVD diamond cutting ability of ferrous materials is strongly limited due to its extreme affinity to iron, cobalt, or nickel. The diamond–iron interaction and the diffusion behavior in this system are not well studied and are believed to be similar to the graphite–iron mechanism. In this article, we focus on the medium-temperature working range of 400–800 °C of a CVD diamond–Fe system and show that for these temperatures etching of diamond by Fe is not as strong as is generally accepted. The starting point of the diamond graphitization in contact with iron was found around 400 °C. Our results show that CVD diamond is applicable for the cutting of ferrous materials under medium-temperature conditions.
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