• 文献标题:   Carbon and metal nanotube hybrid structures on graphene as efficient electron field emitters
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HEO K, LEE BY, LEE H, CHO DG, ARIF M, KIM KY, CHOI YJ, HONG S
  • 作者关键词:   metallic nanotube, graphene, electrodeposition, field emission device, flexible device, hybrid nanostructure
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
  • 通讯作者地址:   Seoul Natl Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1088/0957-4484/27/27/275301
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We report a facile and efficient method for the fabrication of highly-flexible field emission devices by forming tubular hybrid structures based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nickel nanotubes (Ni NTs) on graphene-based flexible substrates. By employing an infiltration process in anodic alumina oxide (AAO) templates followed by Ni electrodeposition, we could fabricate CNT-wrapped Ni NT/graphene hybrid structures. During the electrodeposition process, the CNTs served as Ni nucleation sites, resulting in a large-area array of high aspect-ratio field emitters composed of CNT-wrapped Ni NT hybrid structures. As a proof of concepts, we demonstrate that high-quality flexible field emission devices can be simply fabricated using our method. Remarkably, our proto-type field emission devices exhibited a current density higher by two orders of magnitude compared to other devices fabricated by previous methods, while maintaining its structural integrity in various bending deformations. This novel fabrication strategy can be utilized in various applications such as optoelectronic devices, sensors and energy storage devices.