Efficient electron emissions from printed CNTs by surface treatments

Author

Kwang-Bok Kim ; Yoon-Ho Song ; Chi-Sun Whang ; Chung-Hui Chung ; Jin-Ho Lee ; In-Su Choi ; Jae-Hong Park

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejeon, South Korea

fYear

2003

fDate

7-11 July 2003

Firstpage

217

Lastpage

218

Abstract

The fabrication of carbon nano-tube (CNT) emitters with excellent field emission properties is described. CNT clusters synthesized by arc discharge were crushed, mixed with conductive pastes and then screen-printed. In order to obtain efficient field emissions, the mechanical surface treatment was applied to the printed CNT films. The measurements carried out using a diode structure reveal that the electron emission of the surface-treated CNT films uniformly turned-on with a field as low as about 1.0 V//spl mu/m. The emission current density was about 5 mA/cm/sup 2/ at a field of 4 V//spl mu/m. The vacuum packaged panel without an evacuation tube showed a stable emission image with a high brightness.

Keywords

brightness; carbon nanotubes; electron field emission; surface treatment; thick films; C; CNT clusters; brightness; carbon nanotube emitters; diode structure; electron emissions; emission current density; emission image; evacuation tube; field emission properties; mechanical surface treatment; screen printed CNT films; vacuum packaged pane; Arc discharges; Carbon dioxide; Current density; Diodes; Electron emission; Electron tubes; Fabrication; Packaging; Surface discharges; Surface treatment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Microelectronics Conference, 2003. Technical Digest of the 16th International

Conference_Location

Osaka, Japan

Print_ISBN

4-8181-9515-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVMC.2003.1223061

Filename

1223061