Field emission from self-assembly structure of carbon-nanotube films

被引:14
作者
Sheng, LM [1 ]
Liu, M [1 ]
Liu, P [1 ]
Wei, Y [1 ]
Liu, L [1 ]
Fan, SS [1 ]
机构
[1] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Phys, Tsinghua Foxconn Nanotechnol Res Ctr, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
关键词
field emission; carbon nanotube; ethanol treatment;
D O I
10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.12.036
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Chemical vapor deposited (CVD) carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays were immersed in ethanol to make shrunk structures with separate nanotube "walls" for better field emission properties, such structures decreased the screening effects and reduced the turn-on electric field at 10 mu A/cm(2) from 1.68 to 1.23 V/mu m. The field enhancement factor was calculated to increase by 23% according to Fowler-Nordheim (F-N) equation. The number of emission sites also increased and their distribution was more uniform. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:9 / 13
页数:5
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