Title :
P2–7: Pulsed thermionic emission from carbon nanotube fibers
Author :
Ghemes, Adrian ; Neo, Yoichiro ; Mimura, Hidenori ; Inoue, Yoku
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electron., Shizuoka Univ., Hamamatsu, Japan
Abstract :
Pulsed thermionic emission from multiwalled carbon nanotube fibers has been demonstrated. From fibers with diameter of 150 μm we obtained an emission current of 16 μA at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. A comparison between our CNT fibers and a tungsten filament is also presented.
Keywords :
carbon fibres; carbon nanotubes; nanofibres; thermionic electron emission; C; current 16 muA; emission current; frequency 1 kHz; multiwalled carbon nanotube fibers; pulsed thermionic emission; repetition rate; size 150 mum; tungsten filament; Anodes; Arrays; Carbon nanotubes; Electron tubes; Heating; Thermionic emission; Tungsten; carbon nanotube; chemical vapor deposition; thermionic emission;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC), 2010 23rd International
Conference_Location :
Palo Alto, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7889-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7888-0
DOI :
10.1109/IVNC.2010.5563128
