• E2M - 전기 전자와 첨단 소재
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.7-11
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• 1999

Fully sealed field emission display in size of 4.5 inch has been fabricated using single-wall carbon nanotubes-organic vehicle com-posite. The fabricated display were fully scalable at low temperature below 415$^{\circ}C$ and CNTs were vertically aligned using paste squeeze and surface rubbing techniques. The turn-on fields of 1V/${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ and field emis-sion current of 1.5mA at 3V/${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ (J=90${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$/$\textrm{cm}^2$)were observed. Brightness of 1800cd/$m^2$ at 3.7V/${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ was observed on the entire area of 4.5-inch panel from the green phosphor-ITO glass. The fluctuation of the current was found to be about 7% over a 4.5-inch cath-ode area. This reliable result enables us to produce large area full-color flat panel dis-play in the near future. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted much attention because of their unique elec-trical properties and their potential applica-tions [1, 2]. Large aspect ratio of CNTs together with high chemical stability. ther-mal conductivity, and high mechanical strength are advantageous for applications to the field emitter [3]. Several results have been reported on the field emissions from multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs) and single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) grown from arc discharge [4, 5]. De Heer et al. have reported the field emission from nan-otubes aligned by the suspension-filtering method. This approach is too difficult to be fully adopted in integration process. Recently, there have been efforts to make applications to field emission devices using nanotubes. Saito et al. demonstrated a car-bon nanotube-based lamp, which was oper-ated at high voltage (10KV) [8]. Aproto-type diode structure was tested by the size of 100mm $\times$ 10mm in vacuum chamber [9]. the difficulties arise from the arrangement of vertically aligned nanotubes after the growth. Recently vertically aligned carbon nanotubes have been synthesized using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition(CVD) [6, 7]. Yet, control of a large area synthesis is still not easily accessible with such approaches. Here we report integra-tion processes of fully sealed 4.5-inch CNT-field emission displays (FEDs). Low turn-on voltage with high brightness, and stabili-ty clearly demonstrate the potential applica-bility of carbon nanotubes to full color dis-plays in near future. For flat panel display in a large area, car-bon nanotubes-based field emitters were fabricated by using nanotubes-organic vehi-cles. The purified SWNTs, which were syn-thesized by dc arc discharge, were dispersed in iso propyl alcohol, and then mixed with on organic binder. The paste of well-dis-persed carbon nanotubes was squeezed onto the metal-patterned sodalime glass throuhg the metal mesh of 20${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in size and subse-quently heat-treated in order to remove the organic binder. The insulating spacers in thickness of 200${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ are inserted between the lower and upper glasses. The Y\ulcornerO\ulcornerS:Eu, ZnS:Cu, Al, and ZnS:Ag, Cl, phosphors are electrically deposited on the upper glass for red, green, and blue colors, respectively. The typical sizes of each phosphor are 2~3 micron. The assembled structure was sealed in an atmosphere of highly purified Ar gas by means of a glass frit. The display plate was evacuated down to the pressure level of 1$\times$10\ulcorner Torr. Three non-evaporable getters of Ti-Zr-V-Fe were activated during the final heat-exhausting procedure. Finally, the active area of 4.5-inch panel with fully sealed carbon nanotubes was pro-duced. Emission currents were character-ized by the DC-mode and pulse-modulating mode at the voltage up to 800 volts. The brightness of field emission was measured by the Luminance calorimeter (BM-7, Topcon).

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2011

$SiN_x$ 박막을 $200^{\circ}C$의 저온에서 $SiH_4$ 가스의 흐름 비율을 바꾸어 가며 PECVD 기법으로 성장하였다. 시료의 광 특성을 규명하기 위하여 상온 광 발광 스펙트럼을 측정하였다. 성장 시 $SiH_4$ 가스의 흐름 비율이 증가함에 따라 시료의 발광 최대치 파장이 장파장으로 이동하였으나, $SiH_4$ 가스의 흐름 비율과 무관하게 모든 시료에서 1.8, 1.9, 2.2, 2.4, 그리고 3.1 eV 에너지의 발광 현상을 관찰하였다. $N_2$, $H_2$, 그리고 $O_2$ 가스 분위기에서 후열처리를 거친 후, 발광 스펙트럼의 변화를 조사하였다. 열처리 후의 발광 세기는 증가하였고, 특히, $H_2$ 및 $O_2$가스 열처리로 인하여 발광 최대치 파장이 단파장으로 이동하였으나, 특정한 파장에서 발광효과는 여전히 존재하였다. 발광 메카니즘에 대하여, $SiN_x$ 박막의 에너지 갭 내에 Si와 N 원자의 비결합 결함에 의한 에너지 준위 모델을 설정하였고, 이 에너지 준위의 천이에 의한 발광으로 이해하였다. 그리고 저온에서 성장한 $SiN_x$ 박막의 발광 효과는 앞으로 구부러짐이 가능한 Si 계 광소자 개발 가능성을 보여주고 있다.