Thermionic and field electron emission devices from diamond and carbon nanostructures

Author

Nemanich, Robert J. ; Bilbro, Griff L. ; Bryan, Eugene N. ; Koeck, Franz A. ; Smith, Joshua R. ; Tang, Yingjie

fYear

2010

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

57

Abstract

Electron emission from carbon materials has been based on two effects: field enhancement from conducting nanostructures and barrier lowering due to the negative electron affinity of diamond surfaces. Moreover, n-type doping with P and N can enable a low work function. This presentation details the significant scientific issues related to thermionic and field electron emission and describes potential applications ranging from energy conversion, sensors, high power electronics, and nano electronics and photonics.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; diamond; electron affinity; electron field emission; elemental semiconductors; semiconductor doping; thermionic electron emission; work function; C; barrier lowering; carbon nanostructures; diamond; energy conversion; field electron emission devices; field enhancement; high power electronics; n-type doping; nanoelectronics; negative electron affinity; photonics; sensors; thermionic emission devices; work function; Carbon dioxide; Conducting materials; Diamond-like carbon; Doping; Electron emission; Energy conversion; Nanostructured materials; Nanostructures; Organic materials; Thermionic emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC), 2010 3rd International

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3543-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3544-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INEC.2010.5424519

Filename

5424519