Papers by Keyword: Field Emitter

Abstract: The carbon nanotube (CNT) paste was fabricated by a very simple method where the paste composition could be controlled precisely. We have fabricated several types of field emitters from the CNT paste mixture consisting of the thin multi-walled CNT, the nanosized inorganic fillers, the ethyl cellulose binder and the terpineol solvent. The field emission current density was found to be more than 100 mA/cm² at a field of 2.5 V/μm for the planar-type CNT emitter and ~5 A/cm² for the tip-type emitter, respectively. We also optimized the filler material in the paste to make the emitter reliable under the high-temperature conditions. The developed CNT paste had good reproducibility and the field emitters made of the paste showed excellent characteristics as the electron sources for the various applications.

Abstract: Using carbon nanotube (CNT) as cathode material, the field emission display (FED) panel with enhanced bar electrode was fabricated. With the photolithography process, the indium tin oxide (ITO) film was divided to form the cathode ITO electrode. The printed silver slurry was sintered to act as the cathode silver electrode, which was prepared on the cathode ITO electrode surface. The insulation layer was also fabricated on the cathode plate. The CNT paste was screen-printed on the surface of cathode ITO electrode and cathode silver electrode to form the field emitter. The detailed fabrication process of FED panel was given, and the sealed FED panel showed better field emission properties. Because of the enhanced bar electrode, the large field emission current was obtained.

Abstract: With high-effective screen-printing technique, the diode field emission display (FED) panel with carbon nanotube (CNT) as cathode material was fabricated. For improving the field emission properties, the annular field emitter was developed. The bar cathode indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode was formed by the divided ITO film with the photolithography process. After the sintering process, the printed silver slurry was solidified to form the rectangular ring electrode. The prepared CNT paste was printed to form the cold cathode emitter. Field emission characteristics of sealed FED panel were measured, and the emission image was also presented. A series of low-cost manufacture process was employed in the device fabrication course. The fabricated FED panel exhibited better field emission performance and large emission current.

Abstract: Screen-printing process was adopted to prepare the carbon nanotube cathode. For improving the field emission performance of cold-cathode material, the optimized carbon nanotube cathode fabrication structure was given, and the detailed manufacture process was also described. The photoetched cathode indium-tin-oxide (ITO) stripes including the narrow bar ITO connecting line was fabricated to form the cathode electrodes. The annular silver conducting layer was adopted between the cathode ITO stripes and the carbon nanotube field emitters. The whole display device was packaged by means of glass frit, and vacuum-sealed through the exhaust tube. The fabricated field emission display could display some dot matrix number and characters, which possessed better field emission performance, higher display brightness and good field emission uniformity.

Abstract: With effective screen-printing technique, the flat-panel field emission lamp (FPFEL) based on carbon nanotube as cold cathode material was fabricated. The prepared CNT paste was printed on the cathode glass plate to form the field emitter and sealed into the device vacuum room of FPFEL. For improving the display image uniformity, the discrete anode indium tin oxide (ITO) zones method was adopted, and the anode voltage could be applied through the silver anode connecting line for the different anode ITO zones. The anode insulation wall was fabricated to support the anode glass plate, which the deforming of anode glass plate would be avoided. The emission image for the small vacuum-sealed FPFEL with printed carbon nanotube as field emitters was presented. The fully-sealed FPFEL possessed high luminance brightness and better field emission uniformity.