硼协同掺杂金刚石单晶的高温高压合成

金刚石是一种具有优异性能的极限性超硬多功能材料。人工合成的金刚石可通过掺杂的方式使其具有各种独特的性质。掺硼金刚石兼具p型半导体的导电特性和金刚石自身优良的物理和化学性能,在国防、医疗、勘探、科研等领域具有极高的应用价值。本文基于本课题组高温高压(HPHT)法合成的系列掺硼金刚石以及硼协同掺杂金刚石单晶,进行了硼掺杂金刚石、硼氢协同掺杂金刚石以及硼氮协同掺杂金刚石的合成和性能特征等方面的研究。通过表征合成样品在光学、电学方面的性能,探讨了不同掺杂添加剂对合成金刚石性能的影响,为合成高性能的半导体金刚石提供了思路。     

Effect of the codoping of N—H—O on the growth characteristics and defects of diamonds under high temperature and high pressure

Diamond crystals were synthesized with different doping proportions of N—H—O at 5.5 GPa—7.1 GPa and 1370 °C—1450 °C. With the increase in the N—H—O doping ratio, the crystal growth rate decreased, the temperature and pressure conditions required for diamond nucleation became increasingly stringent, and the diamond crystallization process was affected. [111] became the dominant plane of diamonds; surface morphology became block-like; and growth texture, stacking faults, and etch pits increased. The diamond crystals had a two-dimensional growth habit. Increasing the doping concentration also increased the amount of N that entered the diamond crystals as confirmed via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. However, crystal quality gradually deteriorated as verified by the red-shifting of Raman peak positions and the widening of the Raman full width at half maximum. With the increase in the doping ratio, the photoluminescence property of the diamond crystals also drastically changed. The intensity of the N vacancy center of the diamond crystals changed, and several Ni-related defect centers, such as the NE1 and NE3 centers, appeared. Diamond synthesis in N—H—O-bearing fluid provides important information for deepening our understanding of the growth characteristics of diamonds in complex systems and the formation mechanism of natural diamonds, which are almost always N-rich and full of various defect centers. Meanwhile, this study proved that the type of defect centers in diamond crystals could be regulated by controlling the N—H—O impurity contents of the synthesis system.