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Enhanced Field Emission of WS2 Nanotubes |
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| Authors: | G Viskadouros A Zak M Stylianakis E Kymakis R Tenne E Stratakis |
| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology‐Hellas (FORTH), , Heraklion, 71110 Crete, Greece;2. Technical University of Crete, , 73100 Hania, Greece;3. Electrical Engineering Department and Center of Materials Technology & Laser, School of Applied Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, , Heraklion, 71004 Crete, Greece;4. Department of Science, Holon Institute of Technology, , P.O. Box 305 Holon, 58102 Israel;5. Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute, , Rehovot, 76100 Israel;6. Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, , 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece |
| Abstract: | Results on electron field emission from free standing tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanotubes (NTs) are presented. Experiments show that the NTs protruding on top of microstructures are efficient cold emitters with turn‐on fields as low as 1 V/μm and field enhancement of few thousands. Furthermore, the emission current shows remarkable stability over more than eighteen hours of continuous operation. Such performance and long‐term stability of the WS2 cathodes is comparable to that reported for optimized carbon nanotube (CNTs) based emitters. Besides this, it is found that the WS2 cathodes prepared are less sensitive than CNTs in chemical reactive ambients. The high field enhancement and superior reliability achieved indicates a potential for vacuum nanoelectronics and flat panel display applications. |
| Keywords: | nanoelectronics inorganic nanotubes field emission tungsten disulfide inorganic nanotubes composites |