Abstract:
A composition for preparing an emitter including: flake type carbide-derived carbon which is prepared by thermochemically reacting carbide compounds with halogen-containing gases to extract all elements of the carbide compounds except carbon, an organic solvent and a dispersant. A method of preparing the emitter using the composition for forming the emitter, an emitter prepared using the method and an electron emission device. The emitter has good uniformity and a long lifetime. It can be prepared using a more inexpensive method than using conventional carbon nanotubes. A pattern can be formed by easily regulating the size of the manufactured emitter using an ink jet printer. Non-uniform emission generated by residue when using a conventional printing method can be avoided. Thus, a micro electrode, in which an arc discharge does not occur even in the presence of a strong electric field, can be conveniently manufactured.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an electron emitting device includes disposing a cathode substrate and an anode substrate to be faced to each other in a depressurized atmosphere containing an activation gas, the cathode substrate including a carbon layer formed by applying a paste having a fibrous carbon and carbon impurities on a cathode conductor and drying the coated paste. The method further includes applying a reverse bias voltage to the cathode conductor of the cathode substrate and an anode conductor of the anode substrate, thereby activating the carbon layer.
Abstract:
A field emission device having improved properties and which finds use in display devices, such as a flat panel displays. Known devices and displays suffer from problems such as complexity of fabrication and limited color gamut. The present device provides a field emission backplate which is made from a substantially semiconductor based material and has a plurality of grown tips. The device also includes at least one electro-luminescent or photo-luminescent material having a fluorescent material such as a fluorescent dye doped material chemically attached thereto.
Abstract:
A carbon substance comprises a structure and line-shaped bodies, the structure having a size ranging from about 1 μm to about 100 μm and including carbon and a metal or a metallic oxide, and the line-shaped bodies having diameters smaller than about 200 nm and including carbon as a main component thereof and growing radially from a surface of the structure. A method for manufacturing the carbon substance uses a thermal decomposition of a source gas containing carbon in the vicinity of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises a first and a second materials, the first material being Ni or a Ni oxide and the second material being In or an In oxide; and the thermal decomposition is performed at a temperature ranging from about 675° C. to about 750° C. An electron emission element uses the carbon substance as an electron emission material. A composite material includes the carbon substance in its matrix.
Abstract:
In the present invention, there are provided self-assembled ZnO nanotips grown on relatively low temperatures on various substrates by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The ZnO nanotips are made at relatively low temperatures, giving ZnO a unique advantage over other wide bandgap semiconductors such as GaN and SiC. The nanotips have controlled uniform size, distribution and orientation. These ZnO nanotips are of single crystal quality, show n-type conductivity and have good optical properties. Selective growth of ZnO nanotips also has been realized on patterned (100) silicon on r-sapphire (SOS), and amorphous SiO2 on r-sapphire substrates. Self-assembled ZnO nanotips can also be selectively grown on patterned layers or islands made of a semiconductor, an insulator or a metal deposited on R-plane (01{overscore (1)}2) Al2O3 substrates as long as the ZnO grows in a columnar stucture along the c-axis [0001] of ZnO on these materials. Such self-assembled ZnO nanotips and nanotip arrays are promising for applications in field emission displays and electron emission sources, photonic bandgap devices, near-field microscopy, UV optoelectronics, and bio-chemical sensors.
Abstract:
In a method of creating a field electron emission material, vanadium or a vanadium compound is disposed in respective locations of a substrate in order to create a plurality of emission site at said locations, at an average density of at least 10cm−2.Preferably, the vanadium or vanadium compound is in the form of particles.
Abstract:
An electron source forming substrate wherein an insulating material film is disposed on the surface of the substrate at which surface an electron-emitting device is arranged. The insulating material film contains a plurality of metallic oxide particles having an average particle size within the range of 6 nm to 60 nm as expressed in a median value, and suppresses undesirable diffusion of Na from the substrate, thereby makes stable an electron-emitting characteristics, without an adverse effect due to the Na diffusion, even elapsing longer time.
Abstract:
A field emission device (FED) and a method for fabricating the FED are provided. The FED includes micro-tips with nano-sized surface features. Due to the micro-tips as a collection of a large number of nano-tips, the FED is operable at low gate turn-on voltages with high emission current densities, thereby lowering power consumption.