High-Performance Field Electron Emitters Fabricated Using a Free-Standing Carbon Nanotube Film

Theory of Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-Based Electron Field Emitters

Theoretical problems arising in connection with development and operation of electron field emitters on the basis of carbon nanotubes are reviewed. The physical aspects of electron field emission that underlie the unique emission properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered. Physical effects and phenomena affecting the emission characteristics of CNT cathodes are analyzed. Effects given...

High Current Cold Electron Source Based on Carbon Nanotube Field Emitters and Electron Multiplier Microchannel Plate

In this work, we report the synthesis and field emission properties of carbon nanotube multistage emitter arrays, which were grown on porous silicon by catalytic thermal chemical vapor deposition. The emitter structure consisted of arrays of multiwall nanotubes (MWNTs) on which single/thin-multiwall nanotubes were grown. The structure was confirmed by TEM and Raman analysis. Higher field emissi...

Carbon Nanotube and Related Field Emitters

On-chip electron-impact ion source using carbon nanotube field emitters

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Achieving high-current carbon nanotube emitters.

When a carbon nanotube emitter is operated at high currents (typically above 1 microA per emitter), a small voltage drop ( approximately few volts) along its length or at its contact generates a reverse/canceling electric field that causes a saturation-like deviation from the classical Fowler-Nordheim behavior with respect to the applied electric field. We present a correction to the Fowler-Nor...