Abstract:
A stable cold field electron emitter is produced by forming a coating on an emitter base material. The coating protects the emitter from the adsorption of residual gases and from the impact of ions, so that the cold field emitter exhibits short term and long term stability at relatively high pressures and reasonable angular electron emission.
Abstract:
Provided are carbide derived carbon materials prepared by thermochemically reacting carbide compounds and a halogen containing gas and extracting all atoms of the carbide compounds except carbon atoms, wherein the intensity ratios of the graphite G band at 1590 cm -1 to the disordered-induced D band at 1350 cm-1 are in the range of 0.3 through 5 when the carbide derived carbon is analyzed using Raman peak analysis, wherein the BET surface area of the carbide derived carbon is 1000 m 2 /g or more, wherein a weak peak or wide single peak of the graphite (002) surface is seen at 2θ = 25° when the carbide derived carbon is analyzed using X-ray diffractometry, and wherein the electron diffraction pattern of the carbide derived carbon is the halo pattern typical of amorphous carbon when the carbide derived carbon is analyzed using electron microscopy.
Abstract:
A carbon-based material for electron emission sources, electron emission sources (150) containing the carbon-based material, an electron emission device including the electron emission sources (150), and a method of preparing the electron emission sources are provided. The carbon-based material has at least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of a ratio of h2 to h1 (h2/h1) 1.2, where h2 denotes the relative intensity of a second peak which is a peak in a Raman shift range of 1350±20 cm - 1, and h1 denotes the relative intensity of a first peak which is a peak in a Raman shift range of 1580±20 cm -1 in the Raman spectrum obtained by the radiation of a laser beam having a wavelength of 488±10 nm, 514.5±10 nm, 633±10 nm or 785±10 nm, FWHM2 denotes the full width at half maximum of the second peak, and FWHM1 denotes the full width at half maximum of the first peak. The electron emission sources (150) containing the carbon-based material have long lifespan and a high current density.
Abstract:
Device for generating X-rays, comprising: -a field emission cathode (10) configured to emit electrons when an electrical field is applied to the cathode (10); and -an anode (20), the anode being configured to generate X-rays as a result of receiving electrons from the field emission cathode (10);
wherein the cathode (10) comprises an electron emission surface (S) extending opposite the anode (20), the cathode (10) being configured to emit electrons substantially from the electron emission surface (S) during use.
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 102 cm -2. Preferably, the vanadium or vanadium compound is in the form of particles.
Abstract:
In a field emission-type electron source (10), a strong field drift layer (6) and a surface electrode (7) consisting of a gold thin film are provided on an n-type silicon substrate (1). An ohmic electrode (2) is provided on the back surface of the n-type silicon substrate (1). A direct current voltage is applied so that the surface electrode (7) becomes positive in potential relevant to the ohmic electrode (2). In this manner, electrons injected from the ohmic electrode (2) into the strong field drift layer (6) via the n-type silicon substrate (6) drift in the strong field drift layer (6), and is emitted to the outside via the surface electrode (7). The strong field drift layer (6) has: a number of semiconductor nanocrystals (63) of nano-meter order formed partly of a semiconductor layer configuring the strong field drift layer (6); and a number of insulating films (64) each of which is formed on the surface of each of the semiconductor nanocrystals (63) and each having film thickness to an extent such that an electron tunneling phenomenon occurs.
Abstract:
A field emission cathode (20) is provided comprising an emissive member (22) formed of a porous foam carbon material. The emissive member has an emissive surface (24) defining a multiplicity of emissive edges.
Abstract:
A field-emission type cold cathode using a carbon material as its emitter, has a plurality of acicular carbon film protrusions on its substrate electrode (1), thus having large current properties. Also, by performing ECR plasma processing, in an atmosphere of hydrogen, on a carbon film (2) formed on the substrate electrode (1), such a field-emission type cold cathode can be easily formed that has acicular emitters made of carbon arranged close to each other.
Abstract:
An yttrium film (34) is formed on a base plate (33) made of an Ni-Cr alloy (INCONEL 601), by vapor deposition (achieved by resistance heating or application of an electron beam) or sputtering, to a thickness ranging from 1000Å to about 3000Å. The resultant structure consisting of the base plate (33) and the yttrium film (34) is placed on a table (32) provided in a reaction furnace (31) which has a gas inlet port (38) and a gas outlet port (39). Hydrogen is introduced into the furnace (31) through the gas inlet port (38), thus filling the furnace (31) with hydrogen. The concentration of oxygen and/or oxygen-containing substance should be 1 % or less by volume. The oxygen-containing substance is water, which exists in the form of vapor. The hydrogen atmosphere is heated from normal temperature to about 600 °C, thus heating the structure at about 600 °C for 10 to 60 minutes, thereby forming an yttrium oxide film (36), which covers a body (35) of the yttrium film. Thereafter, the yttrium oxide film (36) is dehydrogenated, it is heated at 350 °C or more for 15 minutes in an atmosphere having a pressure reduced to 1 x 10-3 Torr or less, thereby removing the hydrogen from the yttrium oxide film (36). As a result, there is manufactured an electron-emitting electrode which has good electron-emitting property.