Enhancement of the field emission from the TiO2 nanotube arrays by reducing in a NaBH4 solution

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 20625-20633

  Zhang, Xuqiang ^a   Wang, Chengwei ^a   Chen, Jianbiao ^a   Zhu, Weidong ^a   Liao, Aizhen ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Ma, Li ^a  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

conductivity; effective work function; field emission; oxygen vacancy; TiO2 nanotube

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIELD EMISSION; NANOTUBES; OXIDE MINERALS; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WORK FUNCTION;

DOPING CONCENTRATION; EFFECTIVE WORK FUNCTION; EMISSION STABILITY; ENHANCED FIELD EMISSION; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; REDUCTION TIME; TIO2 NANOTUBE ARRAYS; TIO2 NANOTUBES;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84917673430     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503379y     Document Type: Article

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