ELECTROLYSIS METHOD BY CONDUCTIVE DIAMOND PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONDUCTIVE DIAMOND PARTICLE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrolysis method using a conductive particle electrode for an electrolytic reaction, which has electric conductivity, and high energy conversion efficiency, excellent chemical stability in a solution and high durability and to provide a method for manufacturing conductive diamond crystal particles appropriate for the conductive particle electrode used in the electrolysis method. SOLUTION: The diamond crystal particles 31 to which the electric conductivity is imparted are immersed into an electrolyte and the conductive diamond crystal particles 31 are held in-between by electrodes 11 and 12 arranged to face each other and voltage is applied thereto. The particles formed by allowing the conductive diamond particles containing boron in crystal lattices to co-exist as a seed crystal in a reaction system of boron, graphite and diamond conversion metal catalyst and growing the seed crystal particles under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions, can be used for the conductive diamond crystal particles. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI