Electron field emission characteristics of nano-carbon needle films fabricated by microwave plasma CVD

Author

Gu, Guang-Rui ; Hu, Xin-Yu ; Li, Ying-Ai

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Yanbian Univ., Yanji, China

Volume

1

fYear

2011

fDate

29-31 July 2011

Abstract

In this work, nano-carbon needle films (NCNFs) were prepared on p-type Si (100) substrates by means of quartz-tube type microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MWPCVD) in a hydrogen and methane mixture. The influences of total gas pressure on the nano-needle structure of carbon films were studied by field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The field emission (FE) test indicated that the threshold electric field of NCNFs was reduced and the highest emission current density at an electric field of 5 V/μm was increased with increasing the total gas pressure. The good field emission properties with a low threshold field of 2.3 V/μm and a highest current density of 128.6 mA/cm² were obtained from NCNFs deposited at the total gas pressure of 60 Torr. A modified F-N model considering statistic effects of FE tip structures was proposed and the FE data in the low E region were reasonably interpreted.

Keywords

carbon; field emission electron microscopy; mixtures; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; plasma CVD; scanning electron microscopy; thin films; C; FESEM; Si; current density; electric field; electron field emission; field emission scanning electron microscopy; field emission test; hydrogen mixture; methane mixture; microwave plasma CVD; nanocarbon needle films; pressure 60 torr; quartz-tube type microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition; statistic effects; tip structures; Annealing; Carbon; Nano-carbon needle films; electron field emission; microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and Optoelectronics (ICEOE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dalian, Liaoning

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-275-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEOE.2011.6013063

Filename

6013063