Field emission from single-wall carbon nanotube films

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作者
Bonard, JM [1 ]
Salvetat, JP
Stockli, T
de Heer, WA
Forro, L
Chatelain, A
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[1] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Dept Phys, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[2] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Phys, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
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10.1063/1.122037
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report on the field emission properties of single-wall carbon nanotube films, with emphasis on current-versus-voltage (I-V) characteristics and current stability, The films are excellent field emitters, yielding current densities higher than 10 mA cm(-2) with operating voltages that are far lower than for other film emitters, but show a significant degradation of their performances with time. The observed deviations from the Fowler-Nordheim behavior in the I-V characteristics point to the presence of a nonmetallic density of states at the tip of the nanotubes. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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