RT journal article T1 Hydrogen passivation of boron acceptors in as-grown boron-doped CVD diamond epilayers A1 Fernández Lorenzo, Concepción A1 Araújo Gay, Daniel A1 Martín, J. A1 Alcántara, J A1 Navas, J. A1 Villar, Maria del Pilar A1 Alegre Salguero, María de la Paz A1 Volpe, Pierre Nicola A1 Omnés, Franck A1 Bustarret, Etienne A2 Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica K1 Diamond K1 Boron doping K1 CL K1 FTIR AB A homoepitaxial boron-doped diamond single layer is investigated by means of Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and cathodoluminescence (CL). Both techniques are shown to be complementary. μ-FTIR mapping allows to determine the location of active boron while CL allows discernability between passivationand compensation. Hydrogen incorporation during chemical vapour deposition (CVD) growth is revealed to passivate boron acceptors. The obtained results highlight that plasma etching can induce a dissociation of B–H centres. SN 0925-9635 YR 2010 FD 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/17164 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/17164 LA eng DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 08-nov-2026