Abstract
We reported the field emission behavior of pure carbon films deposited by low-energy electron irradiation in electron cyclotron resonance plasma. First, the field emission behaviors of amorphous, graphene sheets embedded and graphite-like structures were investigated, and the graphene sheets embedded carbon film exhibited an enhanced performance. Then by controlling the electron irradiation energies and densities, the effects of the graphene sheets on the field emission properties were examined. The best electron emission property (turn-on field of 8.4 V/μm and maximum current density of 2.10 mA/cm2 at electric field of 16 V/μm) was obtained with the carbon film under the electron irradiation energy of 50 eV and density of 65 mA/cm2. The mechanism of enhanced field emission was attributed to the nanosized graphene sheets which acted as electron emitters and transport channels. The method of controlling nanosized graphene sheets is important for developing the nanostructured carbon coatings in field emission applications.
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