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Field-emission characteristics of conical boron nitride nanorods

Date

Authors

Zhang, Hong-Zhou

Zhao, Q

Yu, Jun X

Yu, Da Peng

Chen, Ying

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing

Abstract

We present the electron field-emission (FE) characteristics of conical boron nitride nanorods grown on a (1 0 0) n-type silicon substrate. The emission current can be up to ∼60 νA at an applied voltage of ∼3 kV. Two distinct slopes are evident in the

Keywords

Keywords: Electron tunneling; Field emission; Interfaces (materials); Nanocrystalline silicon; Nanorods; Emission interface; Fowler Nordheim (FN) plot; Boron nitride

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/25654

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1088/0022-3727/40/1/006

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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