Yunsong Di et al 2007 Nanotechnology 18 505701 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/18/50/505701
Yunsong Di1,2, Xiaxi Yang1, Wei Lei1,4, Xiaobing Zhang1, Yunkang Cui1, Qilong Wang1 and Guodong Yang3
Show affiliationsWe describe the preparation and properties of a carbon nanotube (CNT) paste for screen-printing CNT-cathodes. Inorganic binders have been added to the paste to improve the adhesion to the substrate and Zn powder has been added to reduce the loss of CNTs during thermal processing. An efficient method called the acid-erosion process has been introduced to improve the surface morphology of the CNT-cathodes made with the paste. The surface modification was verified with electron microscopic analyses, while the improvements in field emission and emission uniformity were quantified in a diode structure.
85.45.Fd Field emission displays (FEDs)
68.37.Hk Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (including EBIC)
79.70.+q Field emission, ionization, evaporation, and desorption
Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical
Issue 50 (19 December 2007)
Received 14 July 2007, in final form 21 October 2007
Published 20 November 2007
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