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Field-emission characteristics of conical boron nitride nanorods

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posted on 2007-01-07, 00:00 authored by H Zhang, Q Zhao, J Yu, D Yu, Ying (Ian) ChenYing (Ian) Chen
We present the electron field-emission (FE) characteristics of conical boron nitride nanorods grown on a (1 0 0) n-type silicon substrate. The emission current can be up to ~60 µA at an applied voltage of ~3 kV. Two distinct slopes are evident in the Fowler–Nordheim (FN) plot. The FE characteristics can be explained using a site-related tunnelling-controlled mechanism. The occurrence of two FN slopes is attributed to the switchover from tip emission to side emission, which results from the differences in interface barrier, geometry, as well as the total emission area of the two emission interfaces.

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Journal

Journal of applied physics D : applied physics

Volume

40

Issue

1

Pagination

144 - 147

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing

Location

London, England

ISSN

0022-3727

eISSN

1361-6463

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2009, Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing

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