Excellent field emission properties from carbon nanotube field emitters fabricated using a filtration-taping method

Abstract

A filtration-taping method was demonstrated to fabricate carbon nanotube (CNT) emitters. This method shows many good features, including high mechanical adhesion, good electrical contact, low temperature, organic-free, low cost, large size, and suitability for various CNT materials and substrates. These good features promise an advanced field emission performance with a turn-on field of 0.88 V/mu m at a current density of 0.1 mu A/cm(2), a threshold field of 1.98 V/mu m at a current density of 1 mA/cm(2), and a good stability of over 20 h. The filtration-taping technique is an effective way to realize low-cost, large-size, and high-performance CNT emitters.