Tungsten oxide nanostructures:controllable growth and field emission

Non-fully oxidized tungsten oxide(WO_3-x) nanostructures with controllable morphology were fabricated by adjusting the gas pressure in chemical vapor deposition.The comparative field emission（FE） measurements showed that the obtained W₁₈O₄₉ nanowires have excellent FE property.The turn-on field was 7.1 V/μm for 10μA/cm² and the observed highest current density was 4.05 mA/cm² at a field of 17.2 V/μm.Good electron emission reproducibility was also observed during thermal evaporation and desorption testing.