Synthesis and field emission of double-walled carbon nanotubes

  • Lee, S.H. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology) ;
  • Jung, S.I. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology) ;
  • Lee, T.J. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology) ;
  • Kim, W.S. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology) ;
  • Cho, J.H. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology) ;
  • Kang, H.J. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology) ;
  • Kwon, G.M. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology) ;
  • Park, C.J. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology) ;
  • Seo, S.H. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology) ;
  • Jeon, K.Y. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology) ;
  • Ha, B. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology) ;
  • Lee, C.J. (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Nanotechnology)
  • Published : 2005.07.19

Abstract

We have investigated the synthesis and field emission properties of high-quality double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) using a catalytic chemical vapor deposition method and a hydrogen arc discharge method. The produced carbon materials using a catalytic CVD method indicated high-purity DWCNT bundles free of amorphous carbon covering on the surface. By adopting a hydrogen arc discharge method, we could obtained high-purity DWCNTs in large-scale. DWCNTs showed low turn-on voltage and higher emission stability compared with SWCNTs.

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