• 文献标题:   Improved field emission of few-layer graphene-carbon nanotube composites by high-temperature processing
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DENG JH, WANG FJ, CHENG L, YU B, LI GZ, HOU XG, LI DJ, CHENG GA
  • 作者关键词:   carbon nanotube, graphene, composite, field emission, hightemperature processing
  • 出版物名称:   MATERIALS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0167-577X EI 1873-4979
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tianjin Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.matlet.2014.03.035
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Self-assembled few-layer graphene-carbon nanotube (FLG-CNT) composites were prepared and their field emission (FE) properties before and after high-temperature (H-T) processing were investigated. It was found that their FE performance deteriorated slightly when they were processed at 1273 K for 5 h before the FE tests; the applied field increased similar to 0.05 V/mu m at 10 mA/cm(2). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis indicates that the decreased amount of SP3-hybridized defects from 39.91% to 23.87% after the H-T processing directly leads to this FE degradation. However, the largest emission current density (J(max)) of the FLG-CNT composites increased from 33.48 to 64.00 mA/cm(2) after the H-T processing. This improved FE performance was attributed to the enhanced adhesion between the CNT and substrates. We consider that the catalyst wrapping at the CNT foot after the H-T processing is responsible for this CNT-substrate reinforcement. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.