Field Emission from Carbon Nanostructures
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Abstract
Field emission electron sources in vacuum electronics are largely considered to achieve faster response, higher efficiency and lower energy consumption in comparison with conventional thermionic emitters. Carbon nanotubes had a leading role in renewing attention to field emission technologies in the early 1990s, due to their exceptional electron emitting properties enabled by their large aspect ratio, high electrical conductivity, and thermal and chemical stability. In the last decade, the search for improved emitters has been extended to several carbon nanostructures, comprising carbon nanotubes, either individual or films, diamond structures, graphitic materials, graphene, etc. Here, we review the main results in the development of carbon-based field emitters.
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OpenAlex topics: Carbon Nanotubes in Composites · Graphene research and applications · Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
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CNR-SPIN Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II, n. 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Dipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello”, Università di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II, n. 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Funding
Regione Campania · CNR-SPIN
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