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Field emission properties of carbon nanotubes grown on micro-tip substrates using an electrophoretic deposition method  

Chang, Han-Beet (Dept. of Electronic, Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineering, Hanyang University)
Noh, Young-Rok (Dept. of Electronic, Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineering, Hanyang University)
Kim, Jong-Pil (Dept. of Electronic, Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineering, Hanyang University)
Park, Jin-Seok (Dept. of Electronic, Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineering, Hanyang University)
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Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology / v.9, no.4, 2010 , pp. 7-12 More about this Journal
Abstract
Field-emission characteristics of carbon nanotubes(CNTs), which were grown on conical-type tungsten micro-tips by using an electrophoretic deposition(EPD) method, were examined. The EPD method proved to be convenient to manipulate and arrange CNTs from well dispersed suspensions onto such tip-type substrates. The growth rate of CNTs was proportional to the applied d.c. bias voltage and the process time. It was observed from the Raman study that the EPDproduced CNTs showed better crystal qualities with the Raman intensity ratio( $I_D$/$I_G$) of 0.41-0.42 than the CVD-produced CNTs and their crystal qualities could be further improved by thermal annealing. The electron emitters based on the EPDCNTs showed excellent field emission properties, such as the threshold voltage for electron emission of about 620 V and the maximum emission current of about 345 ${\mu}A$. In addition, the EPD-CNTs exhibited the stable long-term(up to 40 h) emission capability and the emission stability was enhanced by thermal annealing.
Keywords
Carbon nanotubes; Electrophoretic deposition; Thermal annealing; Field emission; Long-term stability;
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