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Investigation on the Plasma-Induced Emission Properties of Large Area Carbon Nanotube Array Cathodes with Different Morphologies

Large area well-aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays with different morphologies were synthesized by using a chemical vapor deposition. The plasma-induced emission properties of CNT array cathodes with different morphologies were investigated. The ratio of CNT height to CNT-to-CNT distance has consi...

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Autores principales: Liao, Qingliang, Qin, Zi, Zhang, Zheng, Qi, Junjie, Zhang, Yue, Huang, Yunhua, Liu, Liang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3211494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27502662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11671-010-9784-x
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Sumario:Large area well-aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays with different morphologies were synthesized by using a chemical vapor deposition. The plasma-induced emission properties of CNT array cathodes with different morphologies were investigated. The ratio of CNT height to CNT-to-CNT distance has considerable effects on their plasma-induced emission properties. As the ratio increases, emission currents of CNT array cathodes decrease due to screening effects. Under the pulse electric field of about 6 V/μm, high-intensity electron beams of 170–180 A/cm(2) were emitted from the surface plasma. The production mechanism of the high-intensity electron beams emitted from the CNT arrays was plasma-induced emission. Moreover, the distribution of the electron beams was in situ characterized by the light emission from the surface plasma.