The effect of heat treatment on structural and electronic properties of niobium nitride prepared by a thermal diffusion method

Farha, Ashraf Hassan; Ozkendir, Osman Murat; Elsayed-Ali, Hani E.; Myneni, Ganapati; Ufuktepe, Yuksel

doi:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.11.044

Title: The effect of heat treatment on structural and electronic properties of niobium nitride prepared by a thermal diffusion method

Journal Article · Tue Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Surface and Coatings Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.11.044· OSTI ID:1332682

Farha, Ashraf Hassan ^[1]; Ozkendir, Osman Murat ^[2]; Elsayed-Ali, Hani E. ^[3]; Myneni, Ganapati ^[4];

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Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States); Ain Shams Univ., Cairo (Egypt)
Mersin Univ., Tarsus (Turkey)
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Cukurova Univ., Adana (Turkey)

NbN coatings are prepared onto Nb substrate by thermal diffusion at high temperatures. The formation of NbN coating by thermal diffusion was studied in the range of 1250-1500 °C at constant nitrogen background gas pressure (1.3x10^-3 Pa) and processing time (180 min). The electronic and crystal structures of the NbN coatings were investigated. It was found that nitrogen diffuses into Nb forming the Nb-N solid solution (bcc) a-NbN phase that starts to appear above 1250 °C. Increasing the processing temperature gives richer a-phase concentration. Besides, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) was performed to study the electronic structure of the NbN layer. The results of the electronic structural study corroborate the crystal structural analysis. The Nb M_3,2 edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) spectrum shows strong temperature dependence. At the highest processing temperature (1500 °C), the number of d holes increased. Nitrogen diffusion into Nb is resulting to increase electrostatic interaction between d electron and core hole. Lastly, for the studied conditions, only the α-NbN was observed in the X-ray diffraction patterns.

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Research Organization:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-06OR23177; DEAC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1332682

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1416803

Report Number(s):: JLAB-ACC-16-2338; DOE/OR/23177-3943; PII: S0257897216311768; TRN: US1700121

Journal Information:: Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 309, Issue C; ISSN 0257-8972

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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