Hydrogenated Amorphous Carbon Films from Palmyra Sugar

A simple, highly reproducible, and environmentally friendly method is a considered approach in generating renewable energy materials. Here, hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C) films have been successfully prepared from palmyra liquid sugar, employing spin-coating spraying methods. Compared with the former method, latter shows significance producing better homogeneity particle size film thickness. The obtained thickness of approximately 1000 to 100 nm contain an sp2 hexagonal structure (~70%) sp3 tetrahedral configuration (~30%) carbons. introduction boron (B) nitrogen (N) as dopants has created local structural modification bonding, inducing slight change electrical conductivity, electronic bandgap, optical transparency near-infrared region. a-C features “green” semiconducting material.