Diamond is an extremely interesting material for photoemission applications, due to the negative electron affinity of its surface, which can be obtained after suitable treatments. In the present work two sets of polycrystalline diamond films, characterized by different thicknesses and deposition conditions, are analyzed. In particular, in the examined films the relationship among the grain size, the amount of non-diamond carbon (sp(2)) located at the grain boundaries and their efficiency as photocathodes has been found and carefully investigated. The photoemission yield in the UV range is evaluated for all the samples, before and after hydrogenation, and after air exposure. The crucial parameter for the photocathode performances has been found not to be the film thickness, but the properties of polycrystalline diamond films, tunable with the plasma modulation and the methane percentage in the gas mixture. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Effect of properties of MWPECVD polycrystalline diamond films on photoemissive response

VALENTINI, Antonio;SPINELLI, Paolo;
2011-01-01

Abstract

Diamond is an extremely interesting material for photoemission applications, due to the negative electron affinity of its surface, which can be obtained after suitable treatments. In the present work two sets of polycrystalline diamond films, characterized by different thicknesses and deposition conditions, are analyzed. In particular, in the examined films the relationship among the grain size, the amount of non-diamond carbon (sp(2)) located at the grain boundaries and their efficiency as photocathodes has been found and carefully investigated. The photoemission yield in the UV range is evaluated for all the samples, before and after hydrogenation, and after air exposure. The crucial parameter for the photocathode performances has been found not to be the film thickness, but the properties of polycrystalline diamond films, tunable with the plasma modulation and the methane percentage in the gas mixture. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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