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Field Emission Cathodes to Form an Electron Beam Prepared from Carbon Nanotube Suspensions

In the first decade of our century, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) became a wonderful emitting material for field-emission (FE) of electrons. The carbon nanotube field-emission (CNT-FE) cathodes showed the possibility of low threshold voltage, therefore low power operation, together with a long lifetime, h...

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Autor principal: Laszczyk, Karolina Urszula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7142948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32121329
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi11030260
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description In the first decade of our century, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) became a wonderful emitting material for field-emission (FE) of electrons. The carbon nanotube field-emission (CNT-FE) cathodes showed the possibility of low threshold voltage, therefore low power operation, together with a long lifetime, high brightness, and coherent beams of electrons. Thanks to this, CNT-FE cathodes have come ahead of increasing demand for novel self-sustaining and miniaturized devices performing as X-ray tubes, X-ray spectrometers, and electron microscopes, which possess low weight and might work without the need of the specialized equipped room, e.g., in a harsh environment and inaccessible-so-far areas. In this review, the author discusses the current state of CNT-FE cathode research using CNT suspensions. Included in this review are the basics of cathode operation, an evaluation, and fabrication techniques. The cathodes are compared based on performance and correlated issues. The author includes the advancement in field-emission enhancement by postprocess treatments, incorporation of fillers, and the use of film coatings with lower work functions than that of CNTs. Each approach is discussed in the context of the CNT-FE cathode operating factors. Finally, we discuss the issues and perspectives of the CNT-FE cathode research and development.
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spelling pubmed-71429482020-04-14 Field Emission Cathodes to Form an Electron Beam Prepared from Carbon Nanotube Suspensions Laszczyk, Karolina Urszula Micromachines (Basel) Review In the first decade of our century, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) became a wonderful emitting material for field-emission (FE) of electrons. The carbon nanotube field-emission (CNT-FE) cathodes showed the possibility of low threshold voltage, therefore low power operation, together with a long lifetime, high brightness, and coherent beams of electrons. Thanks to this, CNT-FE cathodes have come ahead of increasing demand for novel self-sustaining and miniaturized devices performing as X-ray tubes, X-ray spectrometers, and electron microscopes, which possess low weight and might work without the need of the specialized equipped room, e.g., in a harsh environment and inaccessible-so-far areas. In this review, the author discusses the current state of CNT-FE cathode research using CNT suspensions. Included in this review are the basics of cathode operation, an evaluation, and fabrication techniques. The cathodes are compared based on performance and correlated issues. The author includes the advancement in field-emission enhancement by postprocess treatments, incorporation of fillers, and the use of film coatings with lower work functions than that of CNTs. Each approach is discussed in the context of the CNT-FE cathode operating factors. Finally, we discuss the issues and perspectives of the CNT-FE cathode research and development. MDPI 2020-02-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7142948/ /pubmed/32121329 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi11030260 Text en © 2020 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full Field Emission Cathodes to Form an Electron Beam Prepared from Carbon Nanotube Suspensions
title_fullStr Field Emission Cathodes to Form an Electron Beam Prepared from Carbon Nanotube Suspensions
title_full_unstemmed Field Emission Cathodes to Form an Electron Beam Prepared from Carbon Nanotube Suspensions
title_short Field Emission Cathodes to Form an Electron Beam Prepared from Carbon Nanotube Suspensions
title_sort field emission cathodes to form an electron beam prepared from carbon nanotube suspensions
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7142948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32121329
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi11030260
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