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Improvement of luminescent stability from carbon nanotube field emission display based on printed CNT film

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Aiming at the influences of poor contact at carbon nanotube (CNT)/electrode interface on luminescence stability in printed CNT film, a new co-sintering process for cathode fabrication was presented to improve the luminescent stability of fully printed CNT-FED. By co-sintering the printed silver and CNT layers, CNTs geometrically matched with Ag surface and/or embedded into Ag layer at the bottom of the co-sintered film, large CNTs block and bulk silver nested each other at the top of the co-sintered film. All these structures increased the contact area at CNT/Ag interface, which could increase the probability of forming ohmic contact at CNT/Ag interface. The luminescent stability of printed CNT-FED with co-sintered cathode could be improved as 5.6 times high as that of common devices.

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  1. School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    Zeng Fanguang, Zhu Changchun, Liu Xinghui & Liu Weihua

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Zeng, F., Zhu, C., Liu, X. et al. Improvement of luminescent stability from carbon nanotube field emission display based on printed CNT film. SCI CHINA SER E 49, 283–290 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-006-0283-3

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