Electrically conducting diamond

Swain GM (2004) Electrically conducting diamond thin-fllms advanced electrode materials for electrochemical technologies. In Bard AJ, Rubinstein I (eds) Electroanalytical chemistry, vol 22. Marcel Dekker, New York, p 182... 

Electrically conductive diamond electrodes possess several properties that clearly distinguish them from conventional sp carbon electrodes, like GC, and make them attractive for electrochemical use [2-5, 21] (1) background current densities approximately 5-10 times lower than freshly polished GC leading to enhanced S/B ratios, (2) a working potential window of 3-4 V in aqueous media, which is over 1 V wider than GC, (3) superb response... 

ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING DIAMOND THIN FILMS ADVANCED ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES... 

So far there have been only a few reports concerning the chemical modification of diamond, either insulating or electrically conducting diamond films that would potentially be useful as electrodes. Smentkowski and Yates reported on a facile approach for modifying the hydrogen-... 

The use of electrically conductive diamond as an optically transparent electrode is a new field of research [50,52,117,118]. Diamond possesses attractive qualities as both an electrode and an optically transparent material, making it an obvious choice for use as an OTE in spectroelectro-chemical measurements. Diamond OTEs exhibit several technologically useful properties (1) the possibility of transmission measurements from the near-UV to the far-IR (0.225-100 pm) (2) low background current (3) wide working potential window (4) good responsiveness for many... 

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