Research and Application Progress of Boron-doped Diamond Films

Abstract

Thanks to its unique structure, diamond has many excellent properties, such as high hardness, low birefringence, high thermal conductivity, good chemical stability, etc., but pure diamond has extremely high resistivity (up to 1012 Ω∙m ), which is an insulator, so it is usually doped to expand the application of diamond in the electrochemical field. B atoms have a very small radius, which is an ideal material for doping diamond, and B-doped diamond has good electrical conductivity. In this paper, on the basis of introducing the phase composition and structure of boron-doped diamond (BDD) film, the common methods for preparing BDD film are analyzed, and the application status and prospect of its application in electrochemistry and other fields are summarized.