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Atomic oxygen flux determined by mixed-phase Ag/Ag2O deposition

Journal Article · · Thin Solid Films, 519(2):635-640
The flux of atomic oxygen generated in a electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) microwave plasma source was quantified by two different methods. The commonly applied approach of monitoring the frequency change of a silver-coated quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) deposition rate monitor as the silver is oxidized was found to underestimate the atomic oxygen flux by an order of magnitude compared to a more direct deposition approach. In the mixed-phase Ag/Ag2O deposition method, silver films were deposited in the presence of the plasma such that the films were partially oxidized to Ag2O; x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was utilized for quantification of the oxidized fraction. The inaccuracy of the QCM oxidation method was tentatively attributed to efficient catalytic recombination of O atoms on the silver surface.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1000121
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-71805; 35197; KC0203020
Journal Information:
Thin Solid Films, 519(2):635-640, Journal Name: Thin Solid Films, 519(2):635-640 Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 519; ISSN THSFAP; ISSN 0040-6090
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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