Effects of annealing Ni catalyst in nitrogen-containing gases on the surface morphology and field-emission properties of thermal chemical vapor deposited carbon nanotubes

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/ New Carbon Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 302-308

  Lee, Shih Fong ^a   Chang, Yung Ping ^a   Lee, Li Ying ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Annealing; Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); Field emission

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ANNEALING; FIELD EMISSION; MORPHOLOGY; NICKEL; NITROGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; YARN;

ANNEALING; CARBON NANOTUBE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITED; DEPOSITED CARBON NANOTUBES; EFFECT OF ANNEALING; FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES; NI CATALYSTS; NI PARTICLES; PRE-TREATMENTS; THERMAL;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 58149383299     PISSN: 20971605     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1872-5805(09)60002-0     Document Type: Article

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