Journal
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
Volume 18, Issue 2-3, Pages 544-547Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2008.10.011
Keywords
Carbon nanotube bundle; Chemical vapor deposition; Field emission; Nitrogen doped
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Carbon nanotube (CNT) bundles array with hexagon arrangement were synthesized by thermal chemical vapor deposition (CVD). In order to enhance field emission, we modified CNT bundles array by post-growth nitrogen plasma treatment. The characteristics of the nitrogen-doped CNT bundles were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Raman spectroscopy. With increasing the plasma treatment time, the nitrogen but there was a limit to the nitrogen content of the CNTs. The lowest threshold contents of CNTs increased, electric field (E-th) of 2.3 V/mu m was observed when the nitrogen content of CNTs was 4.08 at.%, which was obtained from 70 min of nitrogen plasma treatment. The result reveals that there is an optimal time of nitrogen plasma treatment for enhancing field emission. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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