Oriented silicon carbide nanowires: Synthesis and field emission properties

Zhengwei Pan, Hau-Ling Lai, Frederick C. K. Au, Xioafeng Duan, Weiya Zhou, Wensheng Shi, Ning Wang, Chun-Sing Lee, Ning-Biu Wong, Shuit-Tong Lee, Sishen Xie

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Abstract

Oriented SiC nanowires were prepared by reacting aligned carbon nanotubes with SiO at 1400 °C for 2 h. The orientation, diameter, and length of the oriented SiC nanowires were similar to those of the original aligned carbon nanotubes, suggesting that the carbon nanotubes acted as a template to confine the reaction. The field emission properties of the well-oriented nanowires were measured. Field emission current densities of 10 μA/cm2 were observed at applied fields of 0.7-1.5 V/μm, and current densities of 10 mA/cm2 were realized at applied fields as low as 2.5-3.5 V/μm. The results represent the lowest field ever reported for any field-emitting materials at technologically-useful current densities. © 2000 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, Fed. Rep. of Germany
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1186-1190
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume12
Issue number16
Online published17 Aug 2000
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2000

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