Theoretical investigation of electronic structure and field emission properties of carbon nanotube-ZnO nanocontacts

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3835-3841

  Zhang, Shengli ^a   Zhang, Yonghong ^b   Huang, Shiping ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Wang, Peng ^c   Tian, Huiping ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; CARBON LAYERS; ENERGETIC STABILITY; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES; NANOCAGES; NANOCONTACTS; OSCILLATORY BEHAVIORS; SMALL ENERGY; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ZNO;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EMISSION; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; SOLIDS; ZINC OXIDE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 79960021747     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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