Carbon layer derived from carbide ceramics and preparation method thereof
Provided is a carbon layer derived from carbide ceramics, wherein metal or non-metal atoms are extracted selectively from the surface of carbide ceramics to form voids, which, in turn, are filled with carbon synthesized by a carbon compound, thereby providing improved roughness and hardness, as well as to a method for preparing the same.
1. A method for preparing a carbon layer derived from carbide ceramics, comprising the steps of:
(a) heating Silicon Carbide(SiC), carbide ceramics, sintered at high temperature on electric furnace to form voids by extracting Silicon(Si) from the Silicon Carbide(SiC),
(b) injecting a liquid-phase chloroform to the electric furnace while being bubbled with argon gas in order to carry out a reaction with the heated Silicon Carbide(SiC) to form a carbon layer while filling with carbon in the voids, and
(c) after step (b), injecting argon gas and hydrogen gas to the electric furnace to remove residual chlorine compounds,
wherein the voids are filled with carbon by methane gas decomposed from the liquid-phase chloroform injected at step(b).