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Saturation of emission current from carbon nanotube field emission array

  • Seong Chu Lim
  • , Hee Jin Jeong
  • , Young Min Shin
  • , Keun Soo Kim
  • , Won Seok Kim
  • , Young Soo Park
  • , Young Chul Choi
  • , Kay Hyeok An
  • , Dong Jae Bae
  • , Young Hee Lee
  • Jeonbuk National University
  • Sungkyunkwan University
  • Samsung

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Abstract

Field emission properties of carbon nanotube field emission arrays (CNT-FEA) that are exposed to various gases were studied. The existence of the hysteresis loop during the rise and fall bias sweep stems from gas adsorbates. We observed that gas adsorbates played an important role in the formation of current saturation at high field region oxygen and nitrogen gases show different trends in the variation of the emission properties from hydrogen gases. The changes of the slopes, turn-on voltages, and current saturation are strongly correlated to the electronegativity of the individual species and the nature of adsorption. Oxygen gas dominates the filed emission properties upon adsorption and even degrades the surface morphologies with possible oxidative etching process, whereas hydrogen gases give the least effect to the field emission properties and additionally enhance the emission current by cleaning the surface of the carbon nanotube array.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNanonetwork Materials
Subtitle of host publicationFullerenes, Nanotubes, and Related Systems
EditorsTsuneya Ando, Yoshihiro Iwasawa, Koichi Kikuchi, Yahachi Saito, Susumu Saito, Mototada Kobayashi
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
Pages221-224
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)0735400326, 9780735400320
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Oct 2001
EventInternational Symposium on Nanonetwork Materials: Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Related Systems 2001 - Kamakura, Japan
Duration: 15 Jan 200118 Jan 2001

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume590
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Nanonetwork Materials: Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Related Systems 2001
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKamakura
Period15/01/0118/01/01

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