The invention relates to the technical field of
silicon wafer processing, and discloses a method for growing a
single crystal diamond on a
silicon wafer, which comprises the following steps of: by taking an atomic lattice of the
silicon wafer as a template and the silicon wafer as a substrate, epitaxially growing silicon atoms and carbon atoms layer by layer by using an
atomic layer deposition method, epitaxially growing silicon first and then adding
carbon layer by layer during deposition, the silicon wafer with the
single crystal diamond surface is formed through one hundred to one thousand
layers, and the ratio of carbon to silicon is from initial zero to final 100%, so that the silicon wafer with the
single crystal diamond surface is obtained. According to the method for growing the
single crystal diamond from the silicon wafer, the existing huge silicon wafer industry is used, the silicon wafer serves as a substrate, epitaxial layer by layer is carried out through an
atomic layer deposition (ALD) method, gas components of the ALD method are
silane diluted by
hydrogen and
methane, during deposition,
epitaxial silicon is carried out firstly, then carbon is added layer by layer, and the
single crystal diamond surface silicon wafer is formed after one hundred to one thousands of
layers; therefore, the stress of heteroepitaxy can be reduced to the minimum, and the monocrystal diamond can inherit extremely few defects of liquid-phase
crystal pulling growth of silicon crystals.