Enhanced surface morphologies of screen-printed carbon nanotube films by heat treatment and their field-emission properties

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2625-2630

  Lee, Hyeon Jae ^a   Lee, Yang Doo ^a   Moon, Seung Il ^a   Cho, Woo Sung ^a   Lee, Yun Hi ^a   Kim, Jai Kyeong ^b   Hwang, Sung Woo ^a   Ju, Byeong Kwon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Field emission; Heat treatment; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CURRENT DENSITY; HEAT TREATMENT; SCREEN PRINTING; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILMS;

EMISSION CURRENT DENSITY; FIELD-EMISSION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNT) FILMS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; CURRENT DENSITY; HEAT TREATMENT; THIN FILMS;

EID: 33748089008     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.04.038     Document Type: Article

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