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Electron field emission from fluorinated amorphous carbon nanoparticles on porous alumina
(2003-12-15)
Lai, SH
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Huang, KP
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Pan, YM
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Chen, YL
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Chan, LH
The fluorinated amorphous carbon nanoparticles (a-C:F NPs) films have been prepared on a porous alumina at a lower temperature of similar to100 degreesC by an ECR-CVD system with a mixture of CF4, C2H2 and Ar as precursors. The morphology of a-C:F NPs films was verified by FESEM. The microstructure and chemical bonding nature of the a-C:F NPs films were investigated by Raman spectroscopy and XPS, respectively. The fluorinated samples need a lower field (similar to2.25 V/mum for 10.6% F a-C:F NPs films) to emit the electron than unfluorinated ones. The excellent field-emission properties of a-C:F NPs films are due to the effect of the shape, fluorine doping and dangling bonds. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Role of extrinsic atoms on the morphology and field emission properties of carbon nanotubes
(2003-06-16)
Chan, LH
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Hong, KH
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Xiao, DQ
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Hsieh, WJ
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Lai, SH
Extrinsic atoms were doped into multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) using microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Doped nitrogen atoms alter the original parallel graphenes into highly curved ones including some fullerene-like structures. Doped nitrogen atoms could replace carbon atoms in MWCNTs and therefore increase the electronic density that enhances the electron field emission properties. On the other hand, the incorporation of boron into the carbon network apparently increases the concentration of electron holes that become electron traps and eventually impedes the electron field emission properties. Fowler-Nordheim plots show two different slopes in the curve, indicating that the mechanism of field emission is changed from low to high bias voltages. beta values could be increased by an amount of 42% under low bias voltages and 60% under high bias voltages in the N-doped MWCNTs, but decreased by an amount of 8% under low bias region and 68% under high bias voltage in the B-doped MWCNTs. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.