Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 6, Issue 23, Pages 20625-20633Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am503379y
Keywords
field emission; TiO2 nanotube; oxygen vacancy; effective work function; conductivity
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11264034, 11364036, 11474231]
- Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province of China [1208RJZA197]
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A mass of oxygen vacancies are successfully introduced into TiO2 nanotube arrays using low-cost NaBH4 as a reductant in a liquid-phase environment. By controlling and adjusting the reduction time over the range of 0-24 h, the doping concentration of the oxygen vacancy is controllable and eventually reaches saturation. Meanwhile, the thermal stability of oxygen vacancies is also investigated, indicating that part of the oxygen vacancies remain stable up to 250 degrees C. In addition, this liquid-phase reduction strategy significantly lowers the requirements of instruments and cost. More interesting, reduced TiO2 nanotube arrays show drastically enhanced field emission performances including substantially decreased turn-on field from 25.01 to 2.65 V/mu m, a high current density of 3.5 mA/cm2 at 7.2 V/mu m, and an excellent field emission stability and repeatability. These results are attributed to the oxygen vacancies obtained by reducing in NaBH4 solution, resulting in a reduced effective work function and an increased conductivity.
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