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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 91, Issue 14, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.2794762
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Cesium-iodide (CsI)-coated graphite cathodes are promising electron sources for high power microwave generators, but the mechanism driving the improved emission is not well understood. Therefore, an ab initio modeling investigation on the effects of thin CsI coatings on graphite has been carried out. It is demonstrated that the CsI coatings reduce the work function of the system significantly through a mechanism of induced dipoles. The results suggest that work function modification is a major contribution to the improved emission seen when CsI coatings are applied to C. (C) 2007 American Institute of Physics.
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