WANG Li-li, SUN Zhou, CHEN Ting. Effects of CVD-Carbon Nanotubes Growth Temperatures on Field Emission Properties[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2006,27(1): 123-128
WANG Li-li, SUN Zhou, CHEN Ting. Effects of CVD-Carbon Nanotubes Growth Temperatures on Field Emission Properties[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2006,27(1): 123-128DOI:
Effects of CVD-Carbon Nanotubes Growth Temperatures on Field Emission Properties
Carbon nanotubes field emission display (CNTs-FED) has been regarded as the most promising flat panel display due to its high definition
low power consumption
high brightness
fast response time
wide work temperature range and low cost. As the key material
the properties of CNTs will affect FED characters directly. CNTs with good field emission properties were needed for the FED. The CNTs were synthesized by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) in the temperature range of 500℃~750℃. The morphologies of CNTs depending on growth temperatures were characterized by scanning electron microscope. The as-grown CNTs were mixed with conductive pastes
then screen-printed on the glass substrate coated with a silver conducting layer to form a FED cathode. The dependence of FED properties on the CNTs growth temperatures was studied by using current-voltage (
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the average diameter of CNTs decreased. By the
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and luminescence image measurements
it was found that the higher growth temperature
the better FED properties
i.e. lower turn-on emission field
higher emission current and more uniform emission.The field emission experiment of the CNTs cathodes indicated that there is an optimal temperature range (600~700℃) for CNTs growth and being used as field emission cathode. With good pro-perties
bright and stable anode image was observed in diode mode field emission. These results suggested that CVD grown CNTs could be used for cathode fabrication of large area field emission display.
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