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- Title
Enhanced and stable electron emission of carbon nanotube emitter arrays by post-growth hydrofluoric acid treatment.
- Authors
Ki Seo Kim; Je Hwang Ryu; Chang Seok Lee; Jin Jang; Kyu Chang Park
- Abstract
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) have been highlighted as possible candidates for field-emission emitters and vacuum nanoelectronic devices. In this article, we studied the effect of acid treatment of CNTs on field emission from carbon nanotube field emitter arrays (FEAs), grown using the resist-assisted patterning process (RAP). The emission current densities of as grown CNT-FEAs and those which were later immersed in hydrofluoric acid (HF) for 20 s, were 19 μA/cm2 and 7.0 mA/cm2, respectively, when measured at an anode field of 9.2 V/μm. Hence, the emission current densities after HF treatment are 300 times larger than those of as grown CNT-FEAs. Also, it was observed that a very stable electron emission current was obtained after stressing the CNTs with an electric field of 9.2 V/μm for 800 min in dc-mode, where the emission current non-uniformity was 0.13%. The enhancement in electron emission after HF treatment appears to be due to the effect of fluorine bonding. Also, the electron emission characteristics and structural improvement of CNT-FEAs after HF treatment are discussed.
- Subjects
CARBON nanotubes; NANOTUBES; NANOELECTRONICS; ELECTRONICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL systems; FLUORINE; HALOGENS; LIGHT elements
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2009, Vol 20, p120
- ISSN
0957-4522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10854-007-9463-6