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Fabrication of small diameter few-walled carbon nanotubes with enhanced field emission property

  • Cheng Qian
  • , Hang Qi
  • , Bo Gao
  • , Yuan Cheng
  • , Qi Qiu
  • , Lu Chang Qin
  • , Otto Zhou*
  • , Jie Liu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A unique type of carbon nanotubes with 2 to 5 layers of sidewalls and diameters less than 10 nm was synthesized by the thermal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method with MgO supported Fe/Mo catalyst. Unlike the typical CVD grown multi-walled carbon nanotubes, these few-walled carbon nanotubes (FWNTs) have a high degree of structural perfection. They have enhanced electron field emission characteristics compared to the current commercial nanotubes, with a low threshold field for emission and improved emission stability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1346-1349
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume6
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2006

Keywords

  • CVD
  • Display
  • Field Emission
  • FWNTs
  • Nanotube

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Bioengineering
  • General Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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