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Field Emission from Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Ismail Musa ,
G.A.J. Amaratunga  and
W. Eccleston
Ismail Musa
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L693BX
G.A.J. Amaratunga
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, Trumpington St., University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB21PZ
W. Eccleston
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L693BX
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Abstract

Carbon based materials are considered to be amongst the most promising field emitters for use in displays. Semiconducting polymer (regioregular poly3 octylthiophene) has been found by the authors to have the lowest threshold field reported to date for any carbon based material. The emission process is, we believe, associated with surface irregularities, voids, possibly resulting from solvent evaporation. Field intensification occurs, and as a consequence there is field emission from the top ridges of the voids. The current flowing through these regions is controlled by space charge in traps in the upper half of the energy gap. There is, in addition, current injected from the base of the voids and the two currents mix to give field emission with current IαV1.8 where V is the anode voltage. Measurements on capacitor samples using Aluminium, Gold and Calcium electrodes have been used to examine the conduction processes in the material and these are linked to results of field emission to further illuminate the mechanisms involved and provide a model for the emission process.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 558: Symposium B – Flat-Panel Displays and Sensors-Principles, Materials… , 1999 , 61
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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