Pairwise cobalt doping of boron carbides with cobaltocene
We have performed Co K -edge x-ray absorption fine structure and x-ray absorption near edge structure measurements of Co-doped plasma enhanced chemical vapor phase deposition (PECVD) grown " C 2 B 10 H x " semiconducting boron carbides, using cobaltocene. Cobalt does not dope PECVD grown b...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of applied physics 2007-10, Vol.102 (8), p.083520-083520-6 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We have performed Co
K
-edge x-ray absorption fine structure and x-ray absorption near edge structure measurements of Co-doped plasma enhanced chemical vapor phase deposition (PECVD) grown "
C
2
B
10
H
x
" semiconducting boron carbides, using cobaltocene. Cobalt does not dope PECVD grown boron carbides as a random fragment of the cobaltocene source gas. The Co atoms are fivefold boron coordinated
(
R
=
2.10
±
0.02
Å
)
and are chemically bonded to the icosahedral cages of
B
10
C
H
x
or
B
9
C
2
H
y
. Pairwise Co doping occurs, with the cobalt atoms favoring sites some
5.28
±
0.02
Å
apart. |
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ISSN: | 0021-8979 1089-7550 |
DOI: | 10.1063/1.2799053 |