Carbon nanotubes: new material applied to field emission display

Jie Zhu; Dongjun Mao; Anyuan Cao; Bingqing Wei; Ji Liang; Cailu Xu; Dejie Li; Dehai Wu

doi:10.1117/12.319657

18 August 1998 Carbon nanotubes: new material applied to field emission display

Jie Zhu, Dongjun Mao, Anyuan Cao, Bingqing Wei, Ji Liang, Cailu Xu, Dejie Li, Dehai Wu

Proceedings Volume 3560, Display Devices and Systems II; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319657
Event: Photonics China '98, 1998, Beijing, China

Abstract

Field emission characteristics of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were investigated in this paper. CNTs were produced by the catalytic decomposition of hydrocarbons--propylene on the nickel films. The SEM images showed that CNTs were quite uniform and disordered; the average diameter is about 50 nm. The measurements were performed in a vacuum chamber at the pressure of 10^-7 torr. The results showed the typical voltage-current characteristics, which qualitatively followed the conventional Fowler-Nordheim equation. In conclusion, CNTs appear to be an excellent field emission cathode material with stable and reproducible field emission characteristics and a lower onset field.

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Jie Zhu, Dongjun Mao, Anyuan Cao, Bingqing Wei, Ji Liang, Cailu Xu, Dejie Li, and Dehai Wu "Carbon nanotubes: new material applied to field emission display", Proc. SPIE 3560, Display Devices and Systems II, (18 August 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319657

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