DOI: 10.1063/1.2943653. Nano Au-decorated boron nitride nanotubes: Conductance modification and field-emission enhancement

Nano Au-decorated boron nitride nanotubes: Conductance modification and field-emission enhancement

10.1063/1.2943653

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Abstract

This letter reports the electrical and field-emission properties of Au-decorated boron nitride nanotubes (Au-BNNTs). The insulating BNNTs become metallic after Au coating as the Au coverage exceeds a critical value. The Au decoration modifies the work function of the BNNTs and, as a consequence, the field-emission current densities of Au-BNNTs are significantly enhanced. Correspondingly, the turn-on field of the Au-BNNTs is reduced to one third and the emission current density is increased by four orders in contrast to pure BNNTs. The experimental results demonstrate that such Au-BNNTs are promising electron field emitters.

Bibliography

Chen, H., Zhang, H., Fu, L., Chen, Y., Williams, J. S., Yu, C., & Yu, D. (2008). Nano Au-decorated boron nitride nanotubes: Conductance modification and field-emission enhancement. Applied Physics Letters, 92(24).

Authors 7

Hua Chen (first)
Hongzhou Zhang (additional)
Lan Fu (additional)
Ying Chen (additional)
James S. Williams (additional)
Chao Yu (additional)
Dapeng Yu (additional)

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Type	When
Created	17 years, 2 months ago (June 23, 2008, 3:54 p.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 2 months ago (June 23, 2023, 5:46 a.m.)
Indexed	6 days, 19 hours ago (Aug. 28, 2025, 8:08 a.m.)
Issued	17 years, 2 months ago (June 16, 2008)
Published	17 years, 2 months ago (June 16, 2008)
Published Online	17 years, 2 months ago (June 17, 2008)
Published Print	17 years, 2 months ago (June 16, 2008)

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@article{Chen_2008, title={Nano Au-decorated boron nitride nanotubes: Conductance modification and field-emission enhancement}, volume={92}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2943653}, DOI={10.1063/1.2943653}, number={24}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Chen, Hua and Zhang, Hongzhou and Fu, Lan and Chen, Ying and Williams, James S. and Yu, Chao and Yu, Dapeng}, year={2008}, month=jun }

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