Title :
P1–29: Investigation of large field-emission from a composited cold cathode
Author :
Shen, Yu ; Lei, Wei ; Zhang, Xiaobing ; Wang, Baoping ; Wang, Yuchun ; Li, Xiaofeng ; Bao, Zengqiang
Author_Institution :
Jiangsu Inf. Display Eng. Res. Center, Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
Using the tunneling effect under high electric field, field emission cold cathode could obtain an emission current which is large enough. In this paper, we reported the large field-emission from CNTs and ZnO tetrapods composited field emitters. Screen-printing method is used in our experiment and more than 15 mA field-emission current is obtained with 0.5 mm gap.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; cold-cathode tubes; electron field emission; nanotube devices; tunnelling; zinc compounds; CNT; ZnO; ZnO tetrapods composited field emitters; composited cold cathode; electric field; field emission cold cathode; field-emission current; screen-printing method; tunneling effect; Carbon nanotubes; Cathodes; Conducting materials; Educational programs; Electrodes; Large screen displays; Scanning electron microscopy; Thermal conductivity; Tunneling; Zinc oxide; CNTs; ZnO; cold cathode; large emission current; screen-printing;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7098-3
DOI :
10.1109/IVELEC.2010.5503556