Evaporation of tetrapod ZnO nanostructures and its influence on the field-emission performance

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 479-481

  Cui, Yunkang ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaobing ^a   Lei, Wei ^a   Di, Yunsong ^a   Xiao, Mei ^a   Yang, Xiaxi ^a   Zhao, Zhiwei ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Field emission; ZnO cathode

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CURRENT DENSITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FIELD EMITTER; FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER; SCREEN-PRINTED; THRESHOLD ELECTRIC FIELDS; TURN-ON FIELD; ZNO; ZNO CATHODE; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EVAPORATION; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 77951877326     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2010.2043048     Document Type: Article

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