Morphology control and improved field emission properties of ZnO tetrapod films deposited by electrophoretic deposition

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 6923-6929

  Ma, L A ^a   Guo, T L ^b  

^a FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

D. ZnO; Electrophoretic deposition; Field emission; Thermal evaporation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; REACTION TEMPERATURE; ZNO;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; MORPHOLOGY; THERMAL EVAPORATION; ZINC OXIDE;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84877693527     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.02.027     Document Type: Article

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