Thermionic emission properties and the work function determination of arrays of conical carbon nanotubes

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Sherehiy, Andriy ^a   Dumpala, Santoshrupa ^b   Safir, Abdelilah ^a   Mudd, David ^b   Arnold, Ivan ^a   Cohn, Robert W ^a   Sunkara, Mahendra K ^b   Sumanasekera, Gamini U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Conical carbon nanotubes (CCNT); Field penetration effect; Keywords; Thermionic emission

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; CONICAL CARBON NANOTUBES; EMISSION CURRENT; EXTERNAL FIELDS; FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FIELD PENETRATION; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; KEYWORDS; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; LOWER TEMPERATURES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PLANAR GRAPHITE; PLATINUM WIRE; TIP RADIUS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; WALL STRUCTURE; WORK-FUNCTION DETERMINATIONS;

ASPECT RATIO; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PLATINUM; THERMIONIC CATHODES; WIRE; WORK FUNCTION;

THERMIONIC EMISSION;

EID: 84873911644     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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