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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 111, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3688252
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- Chongqing Natural Science Foundation of China (CSTC) [2009BA4027]
- CSIRO
- Australian Research Council
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [90923005]
- Shanghai Science and Technology Committee [09ZR1414600]
- National ITER Plans Program of China [2009GB105000]
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Nitrogenated carbon nanotips (NCNTPs) are synthesized by plasma-enhanced hot filament chemical vapor deposition from the hydrogen, methane, and nitrogen gas mixtures with different flow rate ratios of hydrogen to nitrogen. The morphological, structural, compositional, and electron field emission (EFE) properties of the NCNTPs were investigated by field emission scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, x ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and EFE high-vacuum system. It is shown that the NCNTPs deposited at an intermediate flow rate ratio of hydrogen to nitrogen feature the best size/shape and pattern uniformity, the highest nanotip density, the highest nitrogen concentration, as well as the best electron field emission performance. Several factors that come into play along with the nitrogen incorporation, such as the combined effect of the plasma sputtering and etching, the transition of sp(3) carbon clusters to sp(2) carbon clusters, the increase of the size of the sp(2) clusters, as well as the reduction of the work function, have been examined to interpret these experimental findings. Our results are highly relevant to the development of the next generation electron field emitters, flat panel displays, atomic force microscope probes, and several other advanced applications. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http:/dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3688252]
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