Citation: Juan Yang, Xing-Bin Yan, Jiang-Tao Chen, Dong-Fei Sun, Qun-Ji Xue. Synthesis and field emission properties of carbon nanotube films modified with amorphous carbon nanoparticles by a simple electrodeposition method[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2014, 25(2): 375-379. shu

Synthesis and field emission properties of carbon nanotube films modified with amorphous carbon nanoparticles by a simple electrodeposition method

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a Laboratory of Clean Energy Chemistry and Materials, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou 730000, China;
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b State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

Corresponding author: Xing-Bin Yan,
Received Date: 7 September 2013
Available Online: 14 October 2013
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Amorphous carbon nanoparticles (a-CNPs) on a multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) film, deposited on a silicon substrate, were synthesized using an electrodeposition combination from a methanol suspension of polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride-modified MWCNTs. A low-voltage electrophoretic deposition of the MWCNTs and a high-voltage electrochemical deposition of the a-CNPs were carried out to yield homogenously attached a-CNPs on the surfaces of the MWCNTs, and form a composite film with good adhesion to the substrate. This scalable technology can produce a large area of a-CNP/MWCNT film. And the field emission investigations show that the a-CNP/MWCNT film has turnon electric field of 3.17 V μm^-1 (at 10 μA cm^-2) and threshold field of 4.62 V μm^-1 (at 1 mA cm^-2), which are lower than those of the MWCNT film. The a-CNP/MWCNT film can be deposited simply with large areas and may be a promising cathode material applied in field emission displays.
- Carbon nanotube films,
- Amorphous carbon,
- Electrodeposition,
- Field emission
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