Abstract
In this paper, the highly oriented ZnO/ZrN nanoneedle emitters with excellent field emission performance were fabricated by sputtering ZrN particles with different N2 flux to modify ZnO nanoneedle arrays. The effects of different N2 flow on the microscopic morphology, structure and field emission properties of ZnO nanoneedles were investigated. The results shows that the ZnO/ZrN nanoneedles (ZnO/ZrN-1.6) emitter prepared when the flow of N2 gas is 1.6 SCCM exhibits the best field emission performance, with the lowest turn-on electric field Eto at 0.81 V/μm, and a field emission current density of 25 mA/cm2 which was 25 times of pure ZnO. In addition to the improvement of band structure, the improvement of field emission performance can also be attributed to the tunneling effect of electrons through heterostructure. This well-aligned ZnO/ZrN core-shell cathode with excellent emission characteristics grown on carbon cloth substrate has the potential applications in future flexible light source devices.
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