Emission Behavior of Screen Printed CNT Field Emitters for Advanced Lamp Application

  • Leer, Myoung-Bok (Nano Fusion Research Team, Nano Practical Application Center) ;
  • Kim, Dae-Jun (Nano Fusion Research Team, Nano Practical Application Center) ;
  • Song, Yoon-Ho (Tera Devices Research Team, ETRI)
  • Published : 2009.10.12

Abstract

Screen printable CNT pastes were formulated including conductive nano particles (CNPs) and their properties were investigated with an expectation of stable cold cathodes for advanced lamp application. CNT cathodes showed a turn-on field of 1~1.5V/um, a life time of ~100 hours at an emission current density of 10uA/$cm^2$ for DC-bias. Detailed analysis of measured I-V was carried out by applying Fowler-Nordheim model to trace down the origin of emission property degradation.

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