FENG Tao, LI Qiong, LIU Xiang-huai, WANG Xi, XU Jing-fang, ZHU Yu-kun. Spreading Technique and Performance of Field Emission Cathode Made of Powder Carbon Nanotubes[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2002,23(4): 406-408
FENG Tao, LI Qiong, LIU Xiang-huai, WANG Xi, XU Jing-fang, ZHU Yu-kun. Spreading Technique and Performance of Field Emission Cathode Made of Powder Carbon Nanotubes[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2002,23(4): 406-408DOI:
Carbon naontubes(CNT) have excellent electron emission performance as field emission cathode (FEC). In this paper
the method of fabrication FEC with powder CNT
including of affixing
purifying and surface treating
has been reported. The major performance of the most concern are the uniformity of electron emission
current density and lifetime. The raw materials CNT were ground with little balls in alcohol suspension
then were dropped on metal substrate. After hydrogen plasma surface treatment
electron field emission properties of these CNT cathodes were studied using a diode structure with phosphor-coated ITO transparent anode. The results showed that the threshold field is less than 3V/μm; emission site density was about 10
4
/cm
2
; the emission current density was 1mAl/cm
2
at an electric field of 4.4V/μm and the lifetime was more than 800h.