Modeling and Calculation of Electron Transmission Coefficient from Printed CNT Film to Vacuum

Abstract:

The conducting chains in printed CNT film were considered as (MI)iV or (MI)i-1MV configuration. The transport and field emission of electrons in printed CNT film can be considered as tunneling conduction. The transmission coefficient of an insulator barrier surrounding a CNT was calculated via quantum mechanical principle. When an electric field is applied to CNTs, the barrier of residual was considered as a group of rectangular potential barriers. The total transmission coefficient for a residual-covered emitter during emitting was solved numerically from the product of the two transmission coefficient for the potential barriers of residual and the vacuum level.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 586)
• Pages: 145-150
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.586.145
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: You Lin Zhang, Wan Quan Yang, Hua Li Ma, Fan Guang Zeng
• Keywords: Calculation, Printed CNT Film, Quantum Mechanics Model, Transmission Coefficient

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