Lifetime and failure mechanisms of an arrayed carbon nanotube field emission cathode

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3163-3168

  Williams, Logan T ^a   Kumsomboone, Victor S ^b   Ready, W Jud ^b   Walker, Mitchell L R ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT); failure mechanism; field emission (FE) cathode; lifetime

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CURRENT DENSITIES; CATHODE CURRENTS; CNT EMITTERS; CONSTANT VOLTAGE; CURRENT EMISSIONS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION DEVICES; EXHAUST PLUMES; FAILURE MECHANISM; FIELD EMISSION (FE) CATHODE; FIELD EVAPORATION; GAS FLOWS; LIFE SPAN; LIFETIME; LOW POWER; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; MULTI-WALLED CNT; OXIDATIVE ABLATION; PROPULSION SYSTEM; RESISTIVE HEATING;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ELECTRODES; FIELD EMISSION; RESISTIVE EVAPORATION;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 78049256328     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2010.2069563     Document Type: Article

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