Title : 
Strontium vanadate: An ultra-low work function electron emission material
         
        
            Author : 
Jacobs, Ryan M. ; Morgan, Dane ; Booske, John H.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Mater. Sci. Program, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Strontium vanadate, SrVO3, is a transition metal perovskite oxide with a low predicted work function of 1.79 eV using Density Functional Theory. Alloying SrVO3 with Ba resulted in Ba segregation to the emitting surface, producing an ultra-low work function of only 1.07 eV. This Ba-enriched emitting surface is predicted to be very long-lived compared to Ba-impregnated W and scandate cathodes.
         
        
            Keywords : 
density functional theory; electron field emission; strontium compounds; work function; SrVO3; alloying; density functional theory; scandate cathodes; segregation; strontium vanadate; transition metal perovskite oxide; ultralow work function electron emission material; Barium; Cathodes; Discrete Fourier transforms; Electron emission; Slabs; Surface contamination; density functional theory; electron emission; materials modeling; perovskite; thermionic cathode; work function;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2015 IEEE International
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Beijing
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-7109-1
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IVEC.2015.7223772