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Method of producing carbon nano-tube array field emission cathode

A carbon nanotube array, field emission cathode technology, applied in cold cathode manufacturing, discharge tube/lamp manufacturing, electrode system manufacturing, etc., can solve problems such as poor emission efficiency, high cost, and difficulty in removing organic matter, and achieve a simple process. , the effect of low cost

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-21
WUHAN UNIV
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However, the former is expensive and difficult to mass-produce in large areas; or the bonding force between carbon nanotubes and the substrate is poor, and the emission efficiency is relatively poor because the organic matter is difficult to remove during post-processing.

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Embodiment 1

[0031] Embodiment 1: In this embodiment, a metal mask is taken as an example for illustration. Specific steps are as follows:

[0032] 1. Use semiconductor standard cleaning technology for silicon wafers (such as: Yan Zhirui, Development Direction of Semiconductor Silicon Wafer Cleaning Technology, Special Equipment for Electronic Industry, 2003, September, p23-26), to clean single-sided polished silicon wafers.

[0033] 2. Using radio frequency reactive magnetron sputtering coating process, deposit a 200nm thick titanium nitride barrier layer on the clean silicon wafer surface.

[0034] 3. A metal mask with holes and regularly arranged is attached to the silicon wafer coated with titanium nitride, and metal Ni is plated by radio frequency sputtering with a thickness of 20 nanometers.

[0035] 4. Put the substrate plated with the nickel array down, facing the middle of the flame of burning ethanol (analytical pure) for 1-30 minutes, and grow carbon nanotubes on the edge of th...

Embodiment 2

[0039]Embodiment 2: In this embodiment, a low-melting-point metal is used as an example for illustration. Specific steps are as follows:

[0040] 1. Using radio frequency reactive magnetron sputtering coating process, deposit a 150nm thick carbon nitride barrier layer on a clean silicon wafer.

[0041] 2. Using traditional semiconductor photolithography technology, Al dot arrays (thickness 40nm) are plated on carbon nitride by thermal evaporation coating process, and Fe catalyst layer (thickness 20nm) is plated on it by electron beam evaporation coating process . An Fe / Al composite catalyst array layer is formed.

[0042] 3. Put the substrate plated with the FeAl composite catalyst array face down, facing the middle of the burning acetylene flame for 1-30 minutes, and grow carbon nanotubes on the catalyst. Figures 4 and 5 are pictures of the morphology of the obtained carbon nanotubes observed under a scanning electron microscope.

[0043] 4. Place the silicon wafer with c...

Embodiment 3

[0045] Embodiment 3: In this embodiment, a low-melting-point metal is used and a metal mask process is used as an example for illustration. Specific steps are as follows:

[0046] 1. Using the radio frequency reactive magnetron sputtering coating process, a 200nm thick hafnium nitride barrier layer is deposited on a clean molybdenum sheet.

[0047] 2. Utilize the metal mask plate masking process, adopt the magnetron sputtering coating process, plate the Sn dot array (thickness is 40nm) on the hafnium nitride, and then use the sputtering coating process to coat the Co catalyst layer (thickness is 30nm). A Co / Sn composite catalyst array layer is formed.

[0048] 3. Put the substrate coated with the Co / Sn composite catalyst array face down, facing the middle of the burning petroleum liquefied gas flame for 1-30 minutes, and grow carbon nanotubes on the catalyst. FIG. 7 is a picture of the morphology of the obtained carbon nanotubes observed under a scanning electron microscope...

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Abstract

The invention relates to a method for preparing a carbon nanotube array field emission cathode, comprising: depositing a nitride barrier layer on a conductive substrate, using a metal mask or a photoresist mask, and depositing a catalyst layer to form a catalyst array. Then burn in flame for 1-10 minutes to obtain carbon nanotube array field emission cathode. A stable carbon nanotube emission array is formed after electric field annealing and aging treatment. The invention has the advantages of simple operation and low cost; the carbon nanotube array can be grown in an open atmospheric environment (without vacuum equipment); and the growth of the carbon nanotube and the assembly of the cold cathode array can be completed at one time. The prepared carbon nanotube array has the advantages of large area, uniformity, localized growth, excellent field emission characteristics and the like. The carbon nanotube array prepared by the invention can be used as an emission cathode in a field emission display or a luminous light source, an X-ray electron source, a mass spectrometer electron source and other occasions requiring an electron source.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for preparing a carbon nanotube array field emission cathode, in particular to a method for preparing a carbon nanotube array cold cathode through a flame combustion process, which belongs to the field of nanomaterial preparation and application, and also belongs to the field of vacuum microelectronics. Background technique [0002] Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) have a high aspect ratio, extremely small tip radius, high mechanical strength and high current carrying capacity, and can be used as an excellent field emission source in flat panel displays, X-ray sources, microwave amplifiers, lighting It has an important application prospect in the field of vacuum electronics such as lamps. Carbon nanotubes are expected to become one of the preferred materials for field emission sources of next-generation field emission displays. The fabrication of general carbon nanotube cathode array is to use traditional semiconductor process...

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IPC IPC(8): H01J9/02
Inventor 方国家李春刘逆霜杨晓霞袁龙炎
Owner WUHAN UNIV