High thermal conductivity diamond coated graphite by microwave plasma chemical vapour deposition

Abstract

Diamond film was grown on high thermal conductivity graphite substrate using microwave plasma chemical vapour deposition method. Nanodiamond particles were uniformly seeded on the substrate to generate high nucleation density by a spray gun. The continuous and high purity diamond film was obtained, and growth rate was up to 2.7 μm h^− 1. The thickness, surface morphology, quality and composite phase of the film were analysed by SEM, Raman and X-ray diffraction. It was shown that graphite coated with diamond presented a higher thermal conductivity (520 W m^− 1 k^− 1) than copper. Furthermore, this coated material with high thermal conductivity, good strength and non-conductive surface will make it possible to be widely used in thermal management field.