Abstract

ABSTRACTA new type of cathode for electron field emission (FE) was fabricated. The cathode was made from ultra-thin multiwalled carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets. These sheets were drawn directly from a CNT forest, stacked layer-by-layer together and densified by isopropyl alcohol. CNT emitters were formed by utilizing laser beam to cut the sheet. The FE performance of the proposed devices has been enhanced dramatically. The threshold field for electron emission (at which the emission current is 10 mA/cm2) was 0.88 V/μm. The current density of 36 A/cm2 was achieved at the electric field of 2 V/μm. The enhanced performance is the result of the thin, uniformly distributed and aligned array of the CNT emitters.

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