Fabrication of polycrystalline phosphorus-doped diamond electrodes from red phosphorus.

Polycrystalline phosphorus-doped diamond was fabricated by the quartz-tube-type microwave plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition method. Significantly, red phosphorus was used as a source of phosphorous, instead of PH. Phosphorus-doped diamond electrodes with hydrogen-terminated and oxygen-terminated surfaces were investigated for the redox reactions of K[Fe(CN)] and [Ru(NH)]Cl. The carrier concentration was estimated as 2.1-5.3 × 10 cm from electrochemical impedance measurements. Polycrystalline phosphorus-doped diamond shows great promise as chemical electrode materials.