Published July 19, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Improved field emission property of graphene paper by plasma treatment

  • 1. National Laboratory for Vacuum Electronics, School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054 (China)

Description

Lateral orientation and aggregation of the graphene sheets limited field enhancement of graphene paper (GP). To improve the field enhancement of GP, argon plasma treatment was induced to destroy the aggregation and cause formation of surface protrusions. After Ar plasma treatment, turn-on field and threshold field of GP were reduced from 2.3 V/μm to 1.6 V/μm and 4.4 V/μm to 3.0 V/μm, respectively. The enhancement was attributed to the protrusions. Scanning electron microscopy and hydrophobicity had been used to prove the morphology change after plasma treatment.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
97
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 033109-033109.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41099289
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
AGGLOMERATION; ARGON; FIELD EMISSION; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELEMENTS; EMISSION; FLUIDS; GASES; MICROSCOPY; NONMETALS; RARE GASES

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