Temperature and spectroscopic characteristics of homogeneous co-deposited carbon–deuterium films produced in the T-10 tokamak
Homogeneous carbon–deuterium (C- D) films with a high [D]/[C] ratio, redeposited on deuterium-plasma discharge in the T-10 tokamak, have been studied by means of thermogravimetric analysis, spectroscopy based on electron paramagnetic resonance, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Deuterium was found to be accumulated only in the C- D 2, 3 sp 3 vibrational modes, including 633 and 1090 cm −1 deformation modes, and 2100–2200 cm −1 stretching modes, the intensity of which slightly diminished on annealing at 450 ° C. Photoluminescence of an excitonic nature was found at 390–530 nm related to the C 2p π−π* transitions within the aromatic rings, and luminescence quenched at 450 ° C. The luminescence excitation spectra at 3–10 eV showed similarity in peak positions to the luminescence excitation spectra of thin C 60 films. Possible physical reasons explaining the effect of H- D- T isotopes on the accumulation and desorption of hydrogen are considered.
Keywords: Hydrogenated amorphous carbon films; Isotope effect; Photoluminescence; Tokamak; Vibrational modes
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Russian Research Centre ‘Kurchatov Institute', Kurchatov Square 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia 2: Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Bioengineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 119260, Singapore 3: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive, 117576, Singapore
Publication date: 01 June 2006
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