Published December 16, 2013 | Version v1
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High stability electron field emitters made of nanocrystalline diamond coated carbon nanotubes

Creators

  • 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (China)
  • 2. Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (China)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Tamkang University, Tamsui 251, Taiwan (China)

Description

We report enhanced life-time stability for the electron field emitters prepared by coating nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) on carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Upon overcoming the problem of poor stability in CNTs, the NCD-CNTs exhibit excellent life-time stability of 250 min tested at different applied voltages of 600 and 900 V. In contrast, the life-time stability of CNTs is only 33 min even at relatively low voltage of 360 V and starts arcing at 400 V. Hence, the NCD-CNTs with improved life-time stability have great potential for the applications as cathodes in flat panel displays and microplasma display devices

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.4850525;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
103
Journal Issue
25
Journal Page Range
p. 251601-251601.5
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45074942
Subject category
S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; CRYSTALS; DIAMONDS; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; STABILITY
Descriptors DEC
CARBON; COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICES; COMPUTER-GRAPHICS DEVICES; ELECTRODES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MINERALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; NONMETALS

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