Oxygen annealing effect on field-emission characteristics of hydrothermally synthesized Al-doped ZnO nanowires

Autor: I-Che Lee, C.C. Hwang, Tsang-Yen Hsieh, Po-Yu Yang, Der-Chi Shye, Jyh-Liang Wang
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Surface and Coatings Technology. 231:423-427
ISSN: 0257-8972
Popis: article i nfo Al-doped ZnO (AZO) nanowires (NWs) were synthesized using low-temperature hydrothermal growth to in- vestigate field emission (FE) characteristics. The intensity ratio of NBE peak to DLE peak (R=INBE/IDLE) in- creases and the half-maximum of NBE peaks (FWHMNBE) decreases with the Al contents. Experimental results reveal the FE characteristics of AZO NWs are functions of Al content. Moreover, the larger R value and the smaller FWHMNBE are found as the oxygen annealing temperature increases. The hydrothermal AZO NWs annealed in oxygen ambience with an appropriate temperature (i.e. 300-500 °C) can demonstrate the furtherimproved FEproperties(i.e.the turn-on field of 1.70 V/μm(at1μA/cm 2 ),threshold fieldof2.92 V/μm (at 1 mA/cm 2 ), and β of 4547).
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