A Comparative Study of Field Emission From Semiconducting and Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Planar Emittersстатья
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Аннотация:Field electron emission from thin films composed of solely metallic or
semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes is investigated using a
scanning tip anode technique. Metallic and semiconducting nanotubes are
separated by aqueous two-phase extraction. Local field emission centers
observed on nanotube films of both types showed non-linear Fowler–
Nordheim (FN) plots bent downwards. The curving of FN plots is much
stronger for semiconducting nanotubes which is explained by their higher
electrical resistance and stronger field penetration effect compared to metallic
nanotubes. Particular nanotubes of both types revealed oscillations in
current–voltage characteristics. The periodic oscillations indicated that the
field emission current is modulated either by resonant tunnelling from
confinement states in nano-objects formed by adsorbates or by the Coulomb
blockade effect that can occur for emission from short carbon nanotubes.