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Field-emission energy distribution of BN-coated carbon nanotubes

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The field-emission energy distribution of BN-coated multiwalled carbon nanotubes was investigated by measuring the energy distribution of emitted electrons. The field-emission energy distribution curve suddenly changes from a single peak to two peaks after the buildup process of carbon nanotube field emitters. The movement of the peaks is different from that in previous reports on coated carbon nanotubes. A possible explanation for this peak movement is proposed here — a thermal effect due to a high emission current during the measurements.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Materials Science and Engineering Program, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA

    Jin-Young Kim

  2. Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 446-701, Korea

    Junbok Lee

  3. Department of Physics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, 449-791, Korea

    SeGi Yu

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Kim, JY., Lee, J. & Yu, S. Field-emission energy distribution of BN-coated carbon nanotubes. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 62, 1354–1357 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.62.1354

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