2006
DOI: 10.1063/1.2178247
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Electron field emission from composite electrodes of carbon nanotubes-boron-doped diamond and carbon felts

Abstract: The electron field emission of carbon nanotube ͑CNT͒/boron-doped diamond ͑BDD͒/carbon felt electrodes ͑CNT/BDD/felt͒ have been investigated. The composite electrode was initially prepared with the growth of BDD on carbon felt and the subsequent growth of CNT by chemical decomposition of methanol. The composite electrodes were characterised using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. For the CNT/BDD/felt samples, the electron field emission was observed at macroscopic fields as low … Show more

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“…There are several recent reports on development of such hybrid materials comprising diamond and CNTs. [24][25][26][27][28][29] Although some success has been reported in increasing the time to burn-out by these methods, the FE characteristics were generally not greatly improved due to the fact that the CNTs were randomly oriented and often lying down on the substrate surface. Our approach is to put a thin CVD diamond coating onto vertically aligned CNTs, which requires three stages: (i) deposition of dense vertically aligned CNTs, (ii) seeding the CNT tips with nanodiamond particles to encourage diamond growth, and (iii) depositing CVD diamond sufficient to form a thin coating without completely embedding the CNTs within the diamond film.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are several recent reports on development of such hybrid materials comprising diamond and CNTs. [24][25][26][27][28][29] Although some success has been reported in increasing the time to burn-out by these methods, the FE characteristics were generally not greatly improved due to the fact that the CNTs were randomly oriented and often lying down on the substrate surface. Our approach is to put a thin CVD diamond coating onto vertically aligned CNTs, which requires three stages: (i) deposition of dense vertically aligned CNTs, (ii) seeding the CNT tips with nanodiamond particles to encourage diamond growth, and (iii) depositing CVD diamond sufficient to form a thin coating without completely embedding the CNTs within the diamond film.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A better dispersion of CNTs in the cavities should reduce the E th of the composite, as observed for the CNT/felt samples already cited in the literature. [9][10][11] Several chemical methods might be used to disperse catalysts used in the CNT growth on VCarbon substrates. The composite can be submitted to chemical treatments for purification or, yet, incorporation of chemical species able to reduce the work functions of CNTs.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recently, an electrode structure composed of composites of CNTs based on carbon substrates with a three-dimensional ͑3D͒ structure [9][10][11] has been proposed as a route to avoiding the above-mentioned drawbacks. In this paper we present yet another 3D textured cathode combining CNTs and vitreous carbon ͑VCarbon͒ having microcavities to obtain a reproducible electron emission current at low fields.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…CNTs exhibit very good adsorption properties because they have high specific surface area and a nanoscaled structure that provides a large number of sites for reactions, thus leading to a high sensitivity. However, for many of the mentioned technological applications, CNTs are also needed as electrodes, and carbon nanotubes/carbon felt composites (CNTs/felt) appears as interesting candidates for the development of several devices [4][5][6]. In the hundreds of studies carried out about CNTs, it is possible see that this material is an excellent support to several kinds of chemical species since it can be metallic or semiconductor, and can be submitted to several types of chemical and thermal treatments.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%