• DocumentCode
    3219734
  • Title

    CNTs and CNT/ZnO nanostructures for use as electron sources

  • Author

    Milne, W.I. ; Chi Li ; Yan Zhang ; Hiralal, Pritesh ; Mann, M. ; Cole, Marty ; Wei Lei ; Jang, Jin ; Baoping Wang

  • Author_Institution
    CUED, Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    14-16 Oct. 2010
  • Firstpage
    2
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The paper presents the growth and optimization of carbon nanotube (CNT) and CNT/zinc oxide nanostructures to produce novel electron sources. The emitters studied in this project are based on regular array of vertically aligned 5 μm height and 50 nm diameter CNTs with a pitch of 10 μm. Such a cathode design allows to minimize electric field shielding effects and thus help in optimizing the emitted current density.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; carbon nanotubes; current density; electron field emission; electron sources; nanofabrication; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; C-ZnO; carbon nanotube; cathode; electric field shielding effects; electron sources; emitted current density; field electron emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electron Sources Conference and Nanocarbon (IVESC), 2010 8th International
  • Conference_Location
    Nanjing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6645-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVESC.2010.5644374
  • Filename
    5644374