B–C Bond in Diamond Single Crystal Synthesized with h-BN Additive at High Pressure and High Temperature**Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 51172089, the Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou Province Education Department under Grant No KY[2013]183, and the Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou Province Science and Technology Agency under Grant Nos LH[2015]7232 and LH[2015]7228.

Abstract

The synthesis of diamond single crystal in the Fe64Ni36-C system with h-BN additive is investigated at pressure 6.5 GPa and temperature range of 1300–1400°C. The color of the obtained diamond crystals translates from yellow to dark green with increasing the h-BN addition. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) results indicate that sp2 hybridization B-N-B and B-N structures generate when the additive content reaches a certain value in the system. The two peaks are located at 745 and 1425 cm−1, respectively. Furthermore, the FTIR characteristic peak resulting from nitrogen pairs is noticed and it tends to vanish when the h-BN addition reaches 1.1 wt%. Furthermore, Raman peak of the synthesized diamond shifts down to a lower wavenumber with increasing the h-BN addition content in the synthesis system.