Tip cooling effect and failure mechanism of field-emitting carbon nanotubes

W Wei, Y Liu, Y Wei, K Jiang, LM Peng, S Fan - Nano Letters, 2007 - ACS Publications
The cooling effect accompanying field electron emission has been considered for a single
carbon nanotube (CNT) used as a field emission (FE) electron source. An improved model …

Extremely stable current emission of P‐doped SiC flexible field emitters

S Chen, M Shang, F Gao, L Wang, P Ying… - Advanced …, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Novel P‐doped SiC flexible field emitters are developed on carbon fabric substrates, having
both low E to of 1.03–0.73 Vμm− 1 up to high temperatures of 673 K, and extremely high …

High performance field emission of carbon nanotube film emitters with a triangular shape

DH Shin, KN Yun, SG Jeon, JI Kim, Y Saito, WI Milne… - Carbon, 2015 - Elsevier
We report novel two-dimensional (2D) shaped carbon nanotube (CNT) field emitters using
triangular-shaped CNT films and their field emission properties. Using the 2D shaped CNT …

Vacuum-breakdown-induced needle-shaped ends of multiwalled carbon nanotube yarns and their field emission applications

Y Wei, Jiang, L Liu, Z Chen, Fan - Nano Letters, 2007 - ACS Publications
The Joule-heating-induced vacuum breakdown of the carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns was
studied. Wall-by-wall breakdown and superplastic deformation of CNTs are the main …

Superior B-doped SiC nanowire flexible field emitters: ultra-low turn-on fields and robust stabilities against harsh environments

S Chen, M Shang, L Wang, Z Yang, F Gao… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Low turn-on fields together with boosted stabilities are recognized as two key factors for
pushing forward the implementations of the field emitters in electronic units. In current work …

Spatial dependence of the temperature profile along a carbon nanotube during thermal-field emission

G Tripathi, J Ludwick, M Cahay… - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
An efficient algorithm is described to calculate the spatial dependence of the temperature
distribution along a carbon nanotube (CNT) during field emission (FE). The algorithm …

High-performance field emitters based on SiC nanowires with designed electron emission sites

X Li, C Lou, W Li, L Wang, F Gao, G Shao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Making field emitters with both low turn-on field (E to) and high current emission stability is
one of the keys to push forward their practical applications. In the present work, we report the …

LaB6 tip-modified multiwalled carbon nanotube as high quality field emission electron source

W Wei, K Jiang, Y Wei, P Liu, K Liu, L Zhang… - Applied physics …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
An effective field emitter has been developed by modifying an individual multiwalled carbon
nanotube (MWCNT) tip with La B 6⁠. The modified emitter possesses the merits of both the …

A study on the mechanical and electrical reliability of individual carbon nanotube field emission cathodes

BP Ribaya, J Leung, P Brown, M Rahman… - …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Individual carbon nanotube (CNT) field emission characteristics present a number of
advantages for potential applications in electron microscopy and electron beam lithography …

[PDF][PDF] Controlled termination of the growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays

K Liu, K Jiang, Y Wei, S Ge, P Liu, S Fan - Advanced Materials, 2007 - academia.edu
Vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays are widely known for their self-organized
structures with uniform orientation,[1–4] and their application as field emitters in flat panel …