Topotactical nitridation of α-MoO3 fibers to γ-Mo2N fibers and its field emission properties

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 14710-14715

  Dewangan, Khemchand ^a   Patil, Sandip S ^b   Joag, Dilip S ^b   More, Mahendra A ^b   Gajbhiye, N S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FIELD; CHEMICAL STATE; EMISSION CURRENT; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORMATION MECHANISM; FOWLER-NORDHEIM PLOTS; HIGH QUALITY; POTENTIAL FIELD; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION PATTERN; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED REACTIONS; TURN-ON FIELD; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES;

DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; FIBERS; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; INTERFEROMETRY; MOLYBDENUM; NITRIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79951615357     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp103008f     Document Type: Article

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