Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Volume 2018 (2018), Article ID 1619581, 8 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1619581

Research Article

Photocatalytic Surface Modification of PI Film for Electroless Copper Plating

Wenxia Zhao,¹ Zenglin Wang,² Liang Qiao,³ Shiwei Liu,¹ Hongjian Zhao,¹ and Yani Yan¹

¹School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia Normal University, Guyuan 756000, China
²Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
³Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY 14260, USA

Correspondence should be addressed to Wenxia Zhao; zwxchj2006@163.com

Received 21 October 2017; Accepted 12 December 2017; Published 14 January 2018

Academic Editor: Changlin Ding

Copyright © 2018 Wenxia Zhao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract.

This study investigated the surface modification of polyimide (PI) film through TiO₂ photocatalytic treatment. The effects of TiO₂ content, treatment duration, and UV power on the surface topography, surface contact angle, and adhesion strength of the surface-modified PI films were investigated. The results indicated that, after surface modification under the optimal photocatalytic conditions, the surface contact angle of the PI film decreased from 84.4° to 38.8°, and the adhesion strength between the PI film and the electroless copper film reached 0.78 kN/m. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis further demonstrated that carboxyl groups formed on the surface of the PI film after photocatalytic treatment. The surface hydrophilicity and adhesion strength of the surface-modified PI film were enhanced due to the numerous carboxyl groups formed on its surface. Therefore, the photocatalytic treatment is an environmentally friendly and effective method for the surface modification of PI films.

1. Introduction

Polyimides (PIs) possess many desirable traits, such as low dielectric constant, high breakdown voltage; good planarization, wear resistance, radiation resistance, inertness to solvents, and hydrolytic stability; low thermal expansion; long-term stability; and excellent mechanical properties. Given these attributes, PIs have been extensively used as substrates in the production of ultra-large-scale integrations, electronic packages, and circuit boards [1–3]. In several of these applications, the deposition of a metal layer on PI substrates is necessary to allow electrical conduction via interconnections [4]. However, poor adhesion strength between the copper film and the PI substrate is a serious problem in these applications.

Over the years, many studies have investigated surface modification methods for improving the adhesion of metals to PI film. The surfaces of PI films are commonly modified through plasma treatment [5–10], ion implantation [11, 12], chemical treatment [13–18], and UV/ozone treatment [19–21]. However, physical processes, such as plasma and ion implantation, require expensive equipment and are thus associated with high investment costs. Chemical treatments, such as oxidation, polymer grafting, and etching, require expensive waste disposal. The surfaces of polymers can be modified with photoirradiation, which occurs through the formation of an electron-hole pair in the semiconducting material when the photon energy exceeds the band gap [22]. Photocatalysis has been received increasing attention as an advanced oxidation process due to its low cost and environmental friendliness. In addition, the high chemical stability of TiO₂ and the potential use of sunlight as the irradiation source make photocatalysis an attractive method for the surface modification of PI films.

Thomas reported that base hydrolysis and acidification resulted in the formation of poly(amic acid) on the surface of PI film [23]. In this study, we introduced a method that combines the surface formation of hydrophilic species and the cleavage of imide rings to enhance the adhesion of copper to PI film. The effects of TiO₂ content (0.5, 1.0, 2.5, and 5.0 g/L), UV light power (100 and 300 W), and treatment duration (10, 20, 30, and 40 min) on the surface topography, surface roughness, adhesion strength, and surface chemistry of the PI films were investigated. The surface topography and chemistry of the PI films were evaluated through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), surface contact angle measurements, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).

2. Experimental Section

PI films with a density of 1.42 g/cm³ were procured from DuPont Chemical Co., Ltd., as Kapton HN in rolls that were 40 mm wide and 75 μm thick. The rolls were then cut into 40 mm × 25 mm samples for all experiments. Before photocatalytic treatment, the surfaces of the PI films were cleaned with acetone in an ultrasonic water bath for 30 min at room temperature and washed with deionized (DI) water. The photocatalysis experiments were conducted with a TiO₂ suspension over the PI surface. Then, 0.5–5.0 g of TiO₂ powder (JR05, Xuancheng Jingrui New Materials Co., Ltd., 5 nm), which was primarily in anatase phase, was dispersed in 1 L distilled water, respectively. Photocatalytic irradiation was conducted under a high-pressure mercury vapor lamp with a maximum wavelength of 365 nm. The distance between the PI film and the mercury lamp was fixed at 5 cm. After photocatalytic treatment, PI films were rinsed thrice with DI water.

The surface activation of the PI film was carried out in an activation solution (CATAPOSIT 44, purchased from Rohm and Haas Company) at 45°C for 5 min. Subsequently, the surface sensitization of the substrates was conducted by immersing the samples in 10% hydrochloric acid aqueous solution at 30°C for 1 min. The PI films were washed with distilled water after each step. The chemical composition of the electroless copper plating solution was the same as that in the literature [18], and the compositions are shown in Table 1. The pH of the solution was adjusted to 11.5 using NaOH, and the bath temperature was 70°C. After electroless plating for 40 min, the PIs were electroplated with copper at room temperature with a current density of 0.03 A/cm² for 1 h. The copper layer was deposited at a thickness of 20 μm. After annealing at 100°C for 120 min in an oven, the copper-coated PI films were cut into 10 mm × 40 mm strips. The adhesion strength of the PI films was measured through a 90° peel test at a peel rate of 25 mm/min [24]. The peel test was repeated four times, and the adhesion strength was reported as the average value of four measurements.

Table 1: The compositions of the electroless copper plating bath.

Composition
Content

Copper sulfate (CuSO₄·5H₂O)
10 g/L

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt (EDTA·2Na)
30 g/L

Formaldehyde (HCHO, 37%)
3 ml/L

2,2′-Dipyridyl
15 mg/L

Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG 1000)
0.5 g/L

The surface topographies of the PI films were observed through SEM (Philips-FEI Quanta 200 electron microscope). Moreover, the surface roughness of the PI films was measured through AFM (WETSPM-9500-J3, Shimazu Co., Ltd.). Surface roughness was reported as average roughness () and root-mean square roughness (). The surface contact angles of the PI films were determined as quickly as possible after different time photocatalytic treatment with a video-based contact angle measurement instrument. The volume of the water drop used in the measurements was 2 μL, and measurement values were taken at least five positions on the surface of the samples and averaged. The surface composition and chemistry groups of the PI films were determined by XPS measurements taken with a JPS90-MXV spectrometer from JEOL with a nonmonochromatized Mg Ka X-ray source. All binding energies were corrected on the basis of the C1s binding energy at 285 eV [25].

3. Results and Discussions

3.1. Effects of UV Power and Treatment Time on the Surface Contact Angle of PI Films

The wettability of the PI films was evaluated by measuring the surface contact angles of the film at room temperature. When the UV power was 300 W, effects of the TiO₂ content and the treatment duration upon the surface contact angle were measured, and the results are shown in Figure 1. As seen in the figure, the surface without photocatalytic treatment PI film was hydrophobic. The contact angle between distilled water and the untreated PI film was 84.8°. The surface contact angle of the PI film continuously decreased with increasing treatment duration when the PI films were treated with 0.5 g/L TiO₂ suspension under 300 W of UV light, suggesting that 0.5 g/L TiO₂ content was insufficient for inducing hydrophilicity. The surface contact angle of the PI film treated with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ suspension decreased with prolonged treatment duration and reached the minimum value with an irradiation time of 30 min; after that, the surface contact angle slowly increased with the further increase in the irradiation time. This result indicated that photocatalytic treatment induced the hydrophilicity of the PI film surface. Meanwhile, the surface contact angle of PI film treated with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ suspension was considerably lower than that of the PI film treated with 5.0 g/L TiO₂ suspension for the same treatment duration. This result was attributed to the agglomeration of TiO₂ particles in the saturated TiO₂ solution, because agglomeration decreases the oxidative capacity of generated radicals. Under 100 W of UV light, the change trend in the surface contact angle in response to TiO₂ content and treatment duration was similar to that under 300 W of UV light. The results indicated that 1.0 g/L TiO₂ suspension and 30 min of photocatalytic treatment are appropriate process parameters for the surface modification of PI film.

Figure 1: Dependence of the surface contact angle upon the TiO₂ content and the treatment time under 300 W UV light.

The effects of UV light power and treatment duration on the surface contact angle of PI films treated with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ solution are shown in Figure 2. Under 100 and 300 W of UV light, the surface contact angle of the PI film first decreased with prolonged treatment time and reached the minimum value after 30 min of treatment, and then, the surface contact angle increased when treatment time was continuously prolonged. Furthermore, the surface contact angle decreased with increased UV power at the same treatment time and fixed TiO₂ content. One potential reason for this result could be that the oxidation capacity of the photocatalytic system was strengthened by the increased intensity of UV light.

Figure 2: Dependence of the surface contact angle upon UV power and the treatment time at the TiO₂ content of 1.0 g/L.

The roughness and hydrophilicity of the film surface affect the surface contact angle of the film. Specifically, the surface contact angle decreases with enhanced surface hydrophilicity and decreases with increasing surface roughness. Therefore, surface morphology and surface roughness observations were performed through SEM and AFM.

3.2. Effects of Surface Modification on the Surface Morphology and the Surface Roughness of PI Substrates

Figure 3 shows the changes in surface morphology before and after surface modification with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ suspension under 100 or 300 W UV light. The wet-chemical pretreatment may induce changes in morphology and the removal of weakly cohesive surface material. Thus, the surface morphology of the film is very rough and uneven after wet-chemical pretreatment [26, 27]. However, as shown in Figure 3, the surface morphology of the PI film treated with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ solution showed almost no change compared with that before photocatalytic treatment. Thus, the electroless copper film was more uniformly deposited through the photocatalytic reaction than through the wet-chemical pretreatment.

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Figure 3: SEM images in surface morphology of PI films before and after surface modification with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ dispersed solution for 30 min, UV power: (a) 0 W, (b) 100 W, and (c) 300 W.

The AFM observations of the PI film morphology before and after pretreatment are shown in Figure 4. Before photocatalytic treatment, the PI film surface was flat and clean with and of 13 and 17 nm, respectively. and of the PI film modified under 100 W for 30 min were 14 and 19 nm, respectively. In addition, and of the PI film modified under 300 W for 30 min were 15 and 21 nm, respectively. The results indicated that increasing UV power does not substantially change the surface topography of the PI films.

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Figure 4: AFM images in surface morphology of PI films before and after surface modification with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ dispersed solution for 30 min, UV power: (a) 0 W, (b) 100 W, and (c) 300 W.

3.3. Effects of Surface Modification on the Adhesion Strength

The dependence of the adhesion strength on surface modification was investigated, and the results are shown in Figures 5 and 6. The adhesion strength between the electroless copper film and untreated PI film was zero. After photocatalytic treatment for 10 or 40 min, the adhesion strength between the electroless copper film and PI film increased with the increasing of TiO₂ content when the treatment time was fixed. And the adhesion strength between the electroless copper film and PI film reached the highest value after the PI film was treated with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ suspension. After that, the adhesion strength between the electroless copper film and PI film decreased when TiO₂ content was further increased. It can be seen from Figure 6, when PI film was treated with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ suspension, the adhesion strength between the electroless copper film and PI film increased with the increasing of UV power. Adhesion strength reached the maximum value when the PI film was treated for 30 min. This result was consistent with the changes in the surface contact angle of the PI film in response to TiO₂ content, treatment duration, and UV power. Given that hydrophilicity can improve the wettability of the film surface, the overall increased wettability of the PI film improved the intimate contact between the PI substrate and the electroless deposited copper film.

Figure 5: Dependence of the adhesion strength upon the TiO₂ content and the treatment time under 300 W UV light.

Figure 6: Dependence of the adhesion strength upon the UV power and the treatment time at the TiO₂ content of 1.0 g/L.

Adhesion strength is dependent not only on the surface roughness but also on surface hydrophilicity or density of polar groups. Therefore, the effects of surface modification on the surface chemistry of PI films were investigated.

3.4. Surface Chemistry of the PI Film before and after TiO₂ Photocatalytic Treatment

The surface chemical properties of the PI films before and after photocatalytic treatment were characterized by analyzing the XPS spectra of the PI films. The surface element contents of the PI films were determined through XPS, and the results are shown in Table 2. It can be seen that the carbon content decreased with the increasing UV power and the oxygen content increased with the increasing UV power. The surface carbon and oxygen contents of the untreated PI film were 78.2% and 15.8%, respectively. When the UV power was 300 W, after 30 min of photocatalytic treatment, the carbon content of the PI film decreased from 78.2% to 75.4%, and the oxygen content of the PI film increased from 15.8% to 19.3%. This result was attributed to the increased density of hydrophilic groups under increased UV power. The trend in the variation of the aforementioned elemental contents corresponded with that of the surface contact angle.

Table 2: The element contents of PI surface before and after surface modification with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ dispersed solution under different UV power.

Treatment condition
C (%)
O (%)
N (%)

Before treatment
78.2
15.8
6.0

100 W, 30 min
77.0
17.5
5.5

300 W, 30 min
75.4
19.3
5.3

The C1s XPS spectra of PI films before and after treated with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ and UV power of 300 W were obtained and the results are shown in Figure 7. Four peaks were observed in the spectrum of the PI film before photocatalytic treatment. The peaks at 285.0, 286.2, 288.6, and 291 eV were attributed to C-H/C-C/C=C, C-O/C-N, N(C=O)₂, and , respectively. A peak at 289.0 eV appeared in the spectrum of the PI film treated with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ for 30 min under 300 W UV light. This peak could be attributed to the -COOH group. The same phenomenon was observed when the PI film was treated with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ for 30 min under 300 W UV light. The carbon group contents of the PI films before and after being treated for 30 min under different UV powers and 1.0 g/L TiO₂ content are shown in Table 3.

Table 3: The contents of carbon groups on the PI film surface before and after photocatalytic treatment (treatment time: 30 min, : 1.0 g/L).

UV power
C-C, C-H, C=C (%)
C-O, C-N (%)
N(C=O)₂ (%)
(%)
-COOH (%)

0
53.7
38.7
14.8
2.8
0

100 W
48.0
37.6
7.3
2.2
4.9

300 W
46.5
38.3
6.8
2.3
6.1

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Figure 7: The C1s XPS spectra of the PI films before and after surface modification with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ dispersed solution for 30 min under 300 W UV light. (a) The C1s XPS spectra of the PI films before surface modification. (b) The C1s XPS spectra of the PI films after surface modification.

When the UV power increased from 0 W to 300 W, the content of hydrophobic groups (C-H/C-C/C=C) decreased from 53.7% to 46.5%, that of the N(C=O)₂ group decreased from 14.8% to 6.8%, and that of C-O/C-N and groups showed almost no change. However, the content of hydrophilic groups (-COOH) increased from 0% to 6.1%, indicating that partial bonds of the PI film were cleaved and that amide and carboxyl groups formed on the surface of PI films after treatment with TiO₂. Given that carboxyl and amide groups can coordinate with the copper atom, their quantities can affect the adhesion strength of copper film to the PI film [28]. As a result, the high contents of -COOH groups enhanced the surface hydrophilicity of the PI film and thus improved the adhesion strength between the electroless copper film and the PI film.

4. Conclusion

An environmentally friendly and effective photocatalytic treatment method was used to modify PI films. The effects of TiO₂ content, treatment duration, and UV power on the surface hydrophilicility and adhesion strength of the modified PI film were investigated through surface contact angle measurements, SEM observation, AFM, and XPS. The surface hydrophilicity and the adhesion strength of the photocatalytically treated PI film increased with increasing UV power and prolonged treatment duration. Surface modification with 1.0 g/L TiO₂ suspension was more effective than with other TiO₂ contents under 300 W of UV power. High TiO₂ content facilitated the aggregation of TiO₂ particles, thus decreasing the oxidative capacity of the hydroxyl radicals generated by the TiO₂ suspension. Under the optimal conditions of photocatalytic treatment, the adhesion strength between the electroless copper film and the PI film reached 0.78 kN/m, and the surface topography and the surface roughness of the PI film slightly changed. XPS results indicated that surface oxygen content increased with prolonged treatment duration and increased UV power. Meanwhile, the surface carbon content decreased with prolonged treatment duration because the content of -COOH polar group increased. Photocatalytic treatment enhanced the surface hydrophilicity of PI film, thus resulting in high adhesion strength between the PI film and electroless copper film.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this article.

Authors’ Contributions

Wenxia Zhao and Zenglin Wang contributed equally to this paper.

Acknowledgments

This work was partially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants nos. 21561027 and 21273144), the Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Project of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Grant no. Ning Ke Chuang Word [2016] 12), the Excellent Youth Teacher Training Fund Project for Institution of Higher Education of Ningxia (Grant no. NGY2016195), National Grade Academic Technical Leader of Ningxia Youth Top-Notch Talent (Office of Human Resources and Social Security of Ningxia Grant no. [2017] 787), Liupanshan Resources Engineering Technology Center (Grant no. HGZD17-03), and Key Disciplines of Inorganic Chemistry (Grant no. [2017] 83).

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