Characterization of Co:TiO2 Thin Film Grown by MOCVD Technique

The Co:TiO2 thin film was grown on n-type Si(100) by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) technique. The film’s growth parameters are as follow: substrate temperature of 450°C, bubbler temperature of 70°C, reactor chamber pressure of 2 militorr, and growth time of 2 hours. We characterized the structure of film by X-ray Difractometer (XRD), the morphology was characterized by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), and the fraction of Co atoms in TiO2 was characterized by Energy Dispersive x-ray Spectroscopy (EDS). The XRD result shows that the Co:TiO2 thin film is an anatase phase crystal dominated by A(213) orientation. Using Warren-Scherrer’s formula, the average grain size of Co:TiO2 is 169 nm. The SEM result shows that the Co:TiO2 film surface is quite coarse with relatively homogeneous grain shape. the average growth rate of Co:TiO2 film is 0.78 μm/h. In addition, the EDS result shows that Co atoms have been incorporated into the film replacing a portion of the Ti atoms by 0.085%.