High-temperature Raman spectroscopy of nano-crystalline carbon in silicon oxycarbide
Abstract
The microstructure of segregated carbon in silicon oxycarbide (SiOC), hot-pressed at T = 1600 °C and p = 50 MPa, has been investigated by VIS Raman spectroscopy (λ = 514 nm) within the temperature range 25–1000 °C in air. The occurrence of the G, D’ and D bands at 1590, 1620 and 1350 cm−1, together with a lateral crystal size La < 10 nm and an average distance between lattice defects LD ≈ 8 nm, provides evidence that carbon exists as nano-crystalline phase in SiOC containing 11 and 17 vol % carbon. Both samples show a linear red shift of the G band up to the highest temperature applied, which is in agreement with the description of the anharmonic contribution to the lattice potential by the modified Tersoff potential. The temperature coefficient χG = −0.024 ± 0.001 cm−1/°C is close to that of disordered carbon, e.g., carbon nanowalls or commercial activated graphite. The line width of the G band is independent of temperature with FWHM-values of 35 cm−1 (C-11) and 45 cm−1 (C-17), suggesting that scattering with defects and impurities outweighs the phonon-phonon and phonon-electron interactions. Analysis of the Raman line intensities indicates vacancies as dominating defects.
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BibTeX
@article{rosenburg2026hightemperature,
title = {{High-temperature Raman spectroscopy of nano-crystalline carbon in silicon oxycarbide}},
author = {Felix Rosenburg and Emanuel Ionescu and Norbert Nicoloso and Ralf Riedel},
journal = {Materials},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.3390/ma11010093},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05789855v1},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - High-temperature Raman spectroscopy of nano-crystalline carbon in silicon oxycarbide
AU - Felix Rosenburg
AU - Emanuel Ionescu
AU - Norbert Nicoloso
AU - Ralf Riedel
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/09
JO - Materials
DO - 10.3390/ma11010093
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05789855v1
AB - The microstructure of segregated carbon in silicon oxycarbide (SiOC), hot-pressed at T = 1600 °C and p = 50 MPa, has been investigated by VIS Raman spectroscopy (λ = 514 nm) within the temperature range 25–1000 °C in air. The occurrence of the G, D’ and D bands at 1590, 1620 and 1350 cm−1, together with a lateral crystal size La < 10 nm and an average distance between lattice defects LD ≈ 8 nm, provides evidence that carbon exists as nano-crystalline phase in SiOC containing 11 and 17 vol % carbon. Both samples show a linear red shift of the G band up to the highest temperature applied, which is in agreement with the description of the anharmonic contribution to the lattice potential by the modified Tersoff potential. The temperature coefficient χG = −0.024 ± 0.001 cm−1/°C is close to that of disordered carbon, e.g., carbon nanowalls or commercial activated graphite. The line width of the G band is independent of temperature with FWHM-values of 35 cm−1 (C-11) and 45 cm−1 (C-17), suggesting that scattering with defects and impurities outweighs the phonon-phonon and phonon-electron interactions. Analysis of the Raman line intensities indicates vacancies as dominating defects.
SN - 1996-1944
ER -