Abstract
Polycrystal lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) tip field emitter has been prepared using the electrochemical etching technique. The effects of oxygen plasma treatment on its morphology, structure and field emission properties are mainly discussed. The results reveal that the surface morphology of emitters did not change significantly after oxygen plasma treatment. The oxygen plasma treatment does not introduce any new phase into LaB6 emitter, but eliminates surface contaminants, which lead to lower work function. The cathode treated by 2 min shows the best emission performance during the field emission measurement. It obtains 8.2 μA at 2000 V, especially exhibiting strong ability of anti oxygen ion bombardment.
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