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US20030090190A1
US20030090190A1 US10/171,760 US17176002A US2003090190A1 US 20030090190 A1 US20030090190 A1 US 20030090190A1 US 17176002 A US17176002 A US 17176002A US 2003090190 A1 US2003090190 A1 US 2003090190A1
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  • the present invention relates to field emission cathodes which use carbon nanotubes.
  • Field emission devices are devices that capitalize on the movement of electrons.
  • a typical field emission device includes at least a cathode, emitter tips, and an anode spaced from the cathode.
  • a voltage is applied between the cathode and the anode causing electrons to be emitted from the emitter tips. The electrons travel in the direction from the cathode to the anode.
  • These devices can be used in a variety of applications including, but not limited to, microwave vacuum tube devices, power amplifiers, ion guns, high energy accelerators, free electron lasers, and electron microscopes, and in particular, flat panel displays.
  • Flat panel displays can be used as replacements for conventional cathode ray tubes. Thus, they have application in television and computer monitors.
  • Carbon materials have been used as emitter tips. Diamond has negative or low electron affinity on its hydrogen-terminated surfaces. Diamond tips, however, have a tendency for graphitization at increased emission currents, especially at currents about thirty mA/cm 2 .
  • Carbon nanotubes also known as carbon fibrils, have been the latest advancement in emitter tip technology. Although much work has been done in the area of carbon nanotubes as emitter tips in field emitting technologies, substantial improvement is still needed, specifically, in three areas. These areas are reducing work voltage, increasing emission current, and increasing emission sites.
  • the present invention relates to a field emission cathode comprising carbon nanotubes, wherein the nanotubes have been subjected to an energy, chemical, plasma or mechanical treatment.
  • the carbon nanotubes may form the cathode or may be deposited onto a substrate to form the cathode.
  • This invention also relates to a field emission device comprising an anode and a cathode which has been subject to such a treatment.
  • the field emission device comprises a substrate, a porous top layer positioned on said substrate, a catalyst material positioned on said layer and a cathode positioned on said catalyst material, said cathode including a bundle of carbon nanotubes which have been subjected to a treatment as described above.
  • the present invention also includes various field emission display devices.
  • the field emission display-device comprises a first substrate, a first metal film on said first substrate; a conductive polymer film on said first metal film, said conductive polymer film including emitter tips comprising carbon nanotubes which have been subject to a treatment as described above; a dielectric film on said first metal film; a second metal film on said dielectric film; a spacer; a transparent electrode separated from said second metal film by said spacer; a fluorescent material on one side of said transparent electrode; a second substrate on the other side of said transparent electrode; and a power supply.
  • the field emission display device comprises a cathode including carbon nanotubes which have been subjected to a treatment as described above; an insulating layer on said cathode; a gate electrode on said insulating layer; an anode spaced from said cathode comprising a phosphor layer, an anode conducting layer and a transparent insulating substrate; and a power supply.
  • the carbon nanotubes used in the cathodes and field emission devices of the invention may be single wall or multi-wall. They comprise substantially cylindrical carbon fibrils having one or more graphitic layers concentric with their cylindrical axes, are substantially free of pyrolytically deposited carbon overcoat, have a substantially uniform diameter between 1 nm and 100 nm and have a length to diameter ratio greater than 5.
  • the carbon nanotubes may be in form of aggregates such as cotton candy aggregates or bird nest aggregates, as well as in the form of a mat or a film.
  • Energy treatments may include ion beams, ionizing radiation, atomic beams, electron beams, ultraviolet light, microwave radiation, gamma ray, x-ray, neutron beam, molecular beams and laser beam.
  • Plasma treatment may be performed with a plasma selected from a group consisting of oxygen, hydrogen, ammonia, helium, argon, water, nitrogen, ethylene, carbon tetrafluoride, sulfur hexafluoride, perfluoroethylene, fluoroform, difluoro-dichloromethane, bromo-trifluoromethane, chlorotrifluoromethane and mixtures thereof.
  • Chemical treatment may include acid treatment, metal vapor treatment, chemical vapor transport, and chemical sorption.
  • the field emission cathode may be formed by dispersing carbon nanotubes into a liquid vehicle to form a solution; transferring said solution to an electrophoresis bath, said bath including an anode and a cathode immersed therein; applying a voltage to said anode and said cathode, thereby causing said carbon nanotubes to deposit onto said cathode; removing said cathode from said bath; heating said cathode; and subjecting such cathode to a treatment as described above.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a field emission display device using an modified carbon nanotube cathode according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a field emission display device using modified carbon nanotubes according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a field emission display device using modified carbon nanotubes according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a field emission display device using modified carbon nanotubes according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates an electrophoresis bath used to fabricate a carbon nanotube film (electrode);
  • FIG. 6 illustrates another electrophoresis bath used to fabricate a carbon nanotube film (electrode);
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic to measure the differences between treated (modified) and untreated field emission characteristics
  • FIG. 8 is a plot showing cathode current as a function of voltage for modified carbon nanotubes versus untreated nanotubes in a field emission device
  • FIG. 9 is a Fowler-Nordheim plot for modified carbon nanotubes and untreated nanotubes in a field emission device.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a classical field emitter
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a field emitting device using ion bombarded carbon nanotubes
  • FIG. 12 is a SEM view of the carbon nanotubes on the aluminum substrate.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates a carbon nanotube mat
  • FIG. 14 illustrates the electron emission behavior of electrophoretically deposited carbon nanotubes, screen printed carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube mats in the form of plots of current density as a function of the electric field.
  • FIG. 15 is a series of photographs of electron emission patterns of electrophoretically deposited carbon nanotubes, screen printed carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube mats.
  • FIG. 16 is a series of plots of emission characteristics of inkjet printed carbon nanotubes.
  • FIG. 17 is a series of photographs of electron emission patterns from sample inkjet printed carbon nanotubes.
  • FIG. 18 is a photograph of several inkjet printed carbon nanotube cathodes made from sample 262-67-01.
  • FIG. 19 is a photograph of several inkjet printed carbon nanotube cathodes made from sample 262-67-02.
  • FIG. 20 is a photograph of several inkjet printed carbon nanotube cathodes made from sample 262-67-04.
  • FIG. 21 is a photograph of several inkjet printed carbon nanotube cathodes made from sample 262-68-01.
  • Aggregate refers to a microscopic particulate structures of nanotubes.
  • “Assemblage” refers to nanotube structures having relatively or substantially uniform physical properties along at least one dimensional axis and desirably having relatively or substantially uniform physical properties in one or more planes within the assemblage, i.e. having isotropic physical properties in that plane.
  • the assemblage can comprise uniformly dispersed individual interconnected nanotubes or a mass of connected aggregates of nanotubes. In other embodiments, the entire assemblage is relatively or substantially isotropic with respect to one or more of its physical properties.
  • Carbon fibril-based ink refers to an electroconductive composite in which the electroconductive filler is carbon fibrils.
  • Graphenic carbon is a form of carbon whose carbon atoms are each linked to three other carbon atoms in an essentially planar layer forming hexagonal fused rings.
  • the layers are platelets having only a few rings in their diameter or ribbons having many rings in their length but only a few rings in their width.
  • Graphenic analogue refers to a structure which is incorporated in a graphenic surface.
  • Graphitic carbon consists of layers which are essentially parallel to one another and no more than 3.6 angstroms apart.
  • Nanotube “nanofiber” and “fibril” are used interchangeably. Each refers to an elongated hollow carbon structure having a diameter less than 1 ⁇ m.
  • the term “nanotube” also includes “bucky tubes” and graphitic nanofibers in which the graphene planes are oriented in herring bone pattern.
  • emitter tips and “emitters” are interchangeable.
  • the use of the word “tip” is not meant to limit the emission of the electrons only to the tips of the carbon nanotubes.
  • the electrons can be emitted from any part of the carbon nanotubes.
  • Carbon nanotubes are vermicular carbon deposits having diameters of less than five hundred nanometers. They exist in a variety of forms, and have been prepared through the catalytic decomposition of various carbon-containing gases at metal surfaces, by high temperature carbon arc processes, where solid carbon is used as the carbon feed stock, and by simultaneous laser vaporization of graphite rods and a transition metal. Tennent, U.S. Pat. No. 4,663,230, succeeded in growing small diameter nanotubes having cylindrical ordered graphite cores and an ordered “as grown” graphitic surface uncontaminated with pyrolytic carbon.
  • Tennent describes carbon nanotubes that are free of a continuous thermal carbon overcoat and have multiple graphitic outer layers that are substantially parallel to the fibril axis. As such they may be characterized as having their c-axes, the axes which are perpendicular to the tangents of the curved layers of graphite, substantially perpendicular to their cylindrical axes. They generally have diameters no greater than 0.1 micron and length to diameter ratios of at least five. Such nanotubes having graphitic layers that are substantially parallel to the fibril axis and diameters between 3.5 and 75 nanometers, are described in Tennent et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,165,909 and Tennent et al, U.S. Pat. No. 5,171,560.
  • the graphitic planes may also be oriented at an angle to the fibril axis.
  • Such structures are often called “fishbone” fibrils or nanotubes because of the appearance of the two dimensional projection of the planes.
  • fishbone fibrils or nanotubes because of the appearance of the two dimensional projection of the planes.
  • the carbon nanotubes disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,663,230, 5,165,909, and 5,171,560 may have diameters that range from about 3.5 nm to 70 nm and lengths greater than 100 times the diameters, an outer region of multiple essentially continuous layers of ordered carbon atoms and a distinct inner core region.
  • a typical diameter for a carbon fibril may be approximately between about 7 and 25 nm, and a typical range of lengths may be 1 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m.
  • two or more individual carbon fibrils may form microscopic aggregates of entangled fibrils. These aggregates can have dimensions ranging from 5 nm to several cm. Simply for illustrative purposes, one type of microscopic aggregate (“cotton candy or CC”) resembles a spindle or rod of entangled fibers with a diameter that may range from 5 nm to 20 ⁇ m with a length that may range from 0.1 ⁇ m to 1000 ⁇ m.
  • BN microscopic aggregate of fibrils
  • Single wall nanotubes are useful in a variety of applications.
  • the tubular structure imparts superior strength, low weight, stability, flexibility, thermal conductivity, large surface area and a host of electronic properties. They can be used as reinforcements in fiber reinforced composite structures or hybrid composite structures, i.e., composites containing reinforcements such as continuous fibers in addition to single wall nanotubes.
  • the carbon nanotubes may be treated in their as-made form or may be deposited as a film on a suitable substrate and then treated.
  • the carbon nanotubes used were obtained from Hyperion Catalysis International, Cambridge Mass. They had the designations #1100 and #1100 L.
  • Sample #1100 L comprised carbon nanotubes having a so-called BN macromorphology that had been ball milled in a Red Devil Shaking Ball Mill for approximately four hours. Some samples were treated with an acid wash of twelve grams of H 3 PO 4 in 1.5-liters of water at atmospheric reflux before ball milling. The carbon nanotubes were dried in an oven before ball milling.
  • nanotubes were dispersed by known methods in a suitable solvent as is well known in the art, e.g. isopropyl alcohol.
  • Aluminum substrates were prepared by vapor depositing aluminum onto glass flats that were approximately 55 mm ⁇ 45 mm ⁇ 1 mm in its dimensions. Aluminum adhesion may be enhanced with the addition of an underlying vapor deposited adhesion layer. A dielectric mask can be applied to pattern the aluminum surface into a plurality of electodes prior to nanotube deposition.
  • the aluminum can also be pretreated to promote the adhesion of the carbon nanotubes. This can be done with any known pretreatments of aluminum.
  • the carbon nanotubes can also adhere to other substrates, e.g., SnO 2 -in/Sb
  • the elecrophorectic deposition of the carbon nanotubes was conducted in an electrophoresis bath.
  • the bath consists of a chamber to contain the solution of carbon nanotubes and means for immersing two opposing electrodes separated by some distance with the carbon nanotubes between the opposing electrodes.
  • a DC power supply external to the bath, is used to apply a voltage between the two electrodes immersed in the bath.
  • the cathode lead is connected to the patterned aluminum substrate and the anode lead is connected to the other electrode. Tantalum was used for the second metal.
  • the voltage applied to the two electrodes can be adjusted to a suitable level or the voltage can be adjusted to obtain a suitable current between the two electrodes.
  • the attachment of carbon nanotubes to the aluminum can be enhanced by a binder.
  • the binders can be a mixture of Ag paste, carbon nanotubes and ethanol. Or the binders can be a conductive carbon paste, a conductive metal paste or a carbonizable polymer.
  • a field emitter substrate is loaded into the electrophoresis bath.
  • a plurality of cathodes are arranged on a glass substrate, and a dielectric film is formed with holes over the cathodes.
  • Metal gates with openings which are located over the holes of the dielectric film are formed to expose the surface of the cathodes.
  • the carbon nanotubes are uniformly deposited onto the obtained substrate, on the surface of the cathodes exposed through the holes by electrophoretic deposition at room temperature.
  • a solution is formed that contains 150 ml i-propyl alcohol (IPA) and 0.44 grams of acid washed carbon nanotubes. This solution is placed in an electrophoresis bath 5000 .
  • IPA i-propyl alcohol
  • a patterned, aluminum coated glass substrate 5002 serves as one electrode in electrophoresis bath 5000 .
  • the pattern forms the pixel size.
  • the smallest feature size can be ca. 1 micron.
  • the aluminum coated glass 5002 is about 55 mm ⁇ 45 mm ⁇ 1 mm in its dimensions.
  • the aluminum pattern size is about 9 mm ⁇ 9 mm.
  • the other electrode, tantalum (Ta) electrode 5004 is also inserted into the electrophoresis bath 5000 .
  • a spacer 5006 separates the aluminum coated glass 5002 from the tantalum electrode 5004 .
  • a DC voltage for example between 40 to 120 volts, e.g., 100 volts is applied to the electrodes.
  • a current between 1.0 to 5 mA, e.g., 3.8 mA, is observed between the electrodes.
  • the duration of the preparation time can be between about 30 to about 90 minutes, e.g., 60 minutes.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates an alternative electrophoretic method of creating the film according to the method disclosed in UK patent application 2,353,138 described below.
  • a carbon nanotube suspension is created.
  • the carbon nanotube particles can have lengths from about 0.1 to about 1 ⁇ m.
  • the suspension can also include a surfactant, e.g. an anionic, ionic, amphoteric or nonionic, or other surfactant known in the art.
  • suitable surfactants include octoxynol, bis(1-ethylhexyl)sodium sulfosuccinate, and nitrates of Mg(OH) 2 , Al(OH) 3 and La(OH) 3 .
  • the suspension is then sonicated to charge the carbon nanotube particles.
  • the intensity of the electric field and the time for which the electric field is applied define the thickness of the carbon nanotube layer. Greater intensity and longer time yield thicker layers.
  • the field emitter substrate 6030 is loaded into the electrophoresis bath 6000 containing a carbon nanotube suspension 6010 .
  • An electrode plate 6020 is also installed in the electrophoresis bath 6000 spaced apart from the field emitter substrate 6030 .
  • the cathode of a DC power supply 6040 which is installed outside of the electrophoresis bath 6000 , is connected to the other cathodes of the field emitter substrate 6030 and the anode of the DC power supply 6040 is connected to the electrode plate 6020 .
  • a bias voltage of about 1 to-about 1000 volts is applied from the DC power supply 6040 between the electrode plate 6020 and the cathodes of the field emitter substrate 6030 .
  • the height of the printed carbon nanotube film also known as the ink, coating, or paste, may be less than 10 microns and the space which isolates carbon nanotube cathodes from the indium tin oxide anode with indium tin oxide and phosphor is about 125 microns.
  • the electrophoresis process can be applied to both diodes and triodes.
  • an electric field having opposite charges to those on the surfaces of the carbon nanotube particles is applied to exposed electrode surface of a field emitter substrate for selective deposition of carbon nanotube particles thereon.
  • a triode having gates a weak positive electric field is applied to the gates while a positive electric field is applied to the electrodes of the field emitter substrate, which avoids deposition of carbon nanotube particles on the gates.
  • the electrode plate is connected to the anode of the DC power supply and the cathodes of the field emitter substrate are connected to the cathode of the DC power supply.
  • the gates repel positive ions in the carbon nanotube suspension at the surface, while the exposed cathodes of the field emitter substrate, which are connected to the cathode of the DC power supply, pull positive ions of the suspension through the holes.
  • the carbon nanotubes are deposited only on the entire exposed surface of the cathodes, not on the gates of the field emitter substrate.
  • carbon nanotube particles are attracted to the field emitter substrate and are oriented substantially horizontal, or substantially parallel to the substrate, which allows the carbon-nanotube particles to smoothly migrate through the holes to the cathodes, and thus the carbon nanotubes can be deposited.
  • the film can also be prepared similarly to the carbon ink disclosed in European Patent Application EP 1 020 888 A1—Carbon ink, electron-emitting element, method for manufacturing and electron-emitting element and image display device
  • a screen printing process is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,270,369.
  • the carbon nanotubes can be applied to a substrate by ink jet printing. Ink printing is accomplished with carbon nanotube based liquid media or inks in which the fibrils are nearly individualized. Inks typically contain a carrier liquid and carbon nanotubes, and may be dried (i.e. evaporate the carrier liquid).
  • the carbon nanotubes can also be deposited in the form of a mat.
  • Such porous mats having densities between 0.10 and 0.40 gm/cc are conveniently formed by filtration of suspensions of nanotubes as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,099,965 and 6,031,711. Oxidized nanotubes are easily dispersed in and then filtered from aqueous media.
  • the mats may be subjected to a rigidization or cross linking step as discussed in the aforecited patents.
  • Carbon nanotube mat cathodes have uniform emission sites at relatively low applied field and may obtain a current density of more than 10 mA/cm 2 .
  • FIG. 14 A comparison of the electron emission behavior of electrophoretically deposited carbon nanotubes, screen printed carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube mats in the form of plots of current density as a function of the electric field is displayed in FIG. 14.
  • FIG. 15 A further comparison of the electron emission patterns of electrophoretically deposited carbon nanotubes, screen printed carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube mats is displayed in FIG. 15.
  • fibril based inks can be formulated for use in spray equipment.
  • spray painting of fibril based inks offers a suitable method for depositing fibril ink patterns of either simple or complex designs.
  • Spray painting can also be used to apply a uniform coating over a large area, with or without a masking technology.
  • Spraying equipment can accommodate inks/paints with a wide range of viscosity and thixotropy.
  • Airbrushes are a type of sprayer widely used in the graphic arts industry and areas where fine detailed spraying is desired.
  • the inks are sprayed through a stencil (i.e., mask, layer with cut out pattern, etc.) to form the corresponding pattern on the substrate and the carrier fluid is allowed to evaporate.
  • the ratio of air to ink and the distance from the substrate can be adjusted to allow the optimum amount of drying of the aerosol droplets before they impinge on the substrate surface. In this way the adhesion of the droplets to the substrate and the tendency of the ink to run or spread can be controlled.
  • the dried ink can have conductivity approaching that of a bare fibril mat depending on the level of any binder that may have been included in the ink formulation.
  • compositions are prepared by dispersing oxidized fibrils in water first, then adding other additional ingredients if so desired.
  • the formation of thin fibril films with these compositions can be achieved by both printing and dip coating.
  • Text and patterns have been printed with an Epson® ribbon printer.
  • the surface resistivity of printed pattern was measured about 3.5 ⁇ 10 5 ⁇ -cm (sample 4 in Table 1).
  • the thickness of the pattern is in the range of few tens of nanometers, corresponding few layers of fibrils.
  • Papers with ⁇ 2.5 mm fibril coating on both sides have been prepared by dip-coating method. Measured surface resistivity for the coated paper is between 200-300 ⁇ -cm. Bulk resistivity of the fibril coating is ⁇ 5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 2 ⁇ -cm, a number very close to that measured for a freestanding fibril mat.
  • the carbon nanotubes, or film may be modified by chemical or mechanical treatment.
  • the surface may be treated to introduce functional groups.
  • Techniques that may be used include exposing the carbon nanotubes to electromagnetic radiation, ionizing radiation, plasmas or chemical reagents such as oxidizing agents, electrophiles, nucleophiles, reducing agents, strong acids, and strong bases and/or combinations thereof. Of particular interest is plasma treatment.
  • Plasma treatment is carried out in order to alter the surface characteristics of the carbon fibrils, fibril structures and/or the matrix, which come in contact with the plasma during treatment; by this means the fibril composite treated can be functionalized or otherwise altered as desired.
  • the treatment can be carried out in a suitable reaction vessel at suitable pressures and other conditions and for suitable duration, to generate the plasma, contact it with the composite material, and effect the desired kind and degree of modification.
  • Plasmas such as those based on oxygen, hydrogen, ammonia, helium, or other chemically active or inert gases can be utilized.
  • Examples of other gases used to generate plasmas include, argon, water, nitrogen, ethylene, carbon tetrafluoride, sulfurhexafluoride, perfluoroethylene, fluoroform, difluoro-dicholoromethane, bromo-trifluoromethane, chlorotrifluoromethane, and the like.
  • Plasmas may be generated from a single gas or a mixture of two or more gases. It may be advantageous to expose a composite material to more than one type of plasma. It may also be advantageous to expose a composite material to a plasma multiple times in succession; the conditions used to generate the plasma, the duration of such successive treatments and the duration of time between such successive treatments can also be varied to accomplish certain alterations in the material. It is also possible to treat the composite material, e.g., coat the material with a substance, wash the surface of the material, etc., between successive treatments.
  • Plasma treatment of a composite material may effect several changes.
  • a composite material comprising a polymer and a plurality of carbon fibrils dispersed therein can be exposed to plasma.
  • Exposure to plasma may etch the polymer and expose carbon fibrils at the surface of the composite, thus increasing the surface area of exposed carbon fibrils, e.g., so that the surface area of the exposed fibrils is greater than the geometric surface area of the composite.
  • Exposure to plasma may introduce chemical functional groups on the fibrils or the polymer.
  • Treatment can be carried out on individual fibrils as well as on fibril structures such as aggregates, mats, hard porous fibril structures, and even previously functionalized fibrils or fibril structures.
  • Surface modification of fibrils can be accomplished by a wide variety of plasmas, including those based on F 2 , O 2 , NH 3 , He, N 2 and H 2 , other chemically active or inert gases, other combinations of one or more reactive and one or more inert gases or gases capable of plasma-induced polymerization such as methane, ethane or acetylene.
  • plasma treatment accomplishes this surface modification in a “dry” process as compared to conventional “wet” chemical techniques involving solutions, washing, evaporation, etc. For instance, it may be possible to conduct plasma treatment on fibrils dispersed in a gaseous environment.
  • fibrils or fibril structures are plasma treated by placing the fibrils into a reaction vessel capable of containing plasmas.
  • a plasma can, for instance, be generated by (1) lowering the pressure of the selected gas or gaseous mixture within the vessel to, for instance, 100-500 mTorr, and (2) exposing the low-pressure gas to a radio frequency which causes the plasma to form.
  • the plasma is allowed to remain in contact with the fibrils or fibril structures for a predetermined period of time, typically in the range of approximately 10 minutes more or less depending on, for instance, sample size, reactor geometry, reactor power and/or plasma type, resulting in functionalized or otherwise surface-modified fibrils or fibril structures.
  • Surface modifications can include preparation for subsequent functionalization.
  • Treatment of a carbon fibril or carbon fibril structure as indicated above results in a product having a modified surface and thus altered surface characteristics which are highly advantageous.
  • the modifications can be a functionalization of the fibril or fibril structure such as chlorination, fluorination, etc., or a modification which makes the surface material receptive to subsequent functionalization, optionally by another technique or other chemical or physical modification as desired.
  • Chemical treatment can be also used. Acid treatments, particularly severe acids treatments, result in cutting the lengths of nanotubes, sharpening the ends of nanotubes, creating defects on the surface of nanotubes and introducing functional groups on the surface of nanotubes. Acid treated nanotubes are water dispersible, so chemical treatment offers advantages for the formation of nanotube film electrodes. Functional groups can be mostly removed by thermal treatment. The process for doing this is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,203,814.
  • the Raman effect or titration can be used to measure the effect of the acid treatment. Raman can be used to measure the degree of structure imperfection after removing oxygen groups introduced during acid treatment. The effect of the treatment can be measured by electron spin resonance or simple titration as disclosed therein. See also, R. Khan et al. Electron Delocalization in Amorphous Carbon by Ion Implantation, 63 P HYSICAL R EVIEW B 121201-1 (2001).
  • metal atoms can be introduced into nanotube films by heating films under vapor of a metal.
  • Cs atoms which have been shown to enhance field emission, can be introduced into a nanotube film by placing the film in a vacuum chamber which has a Cs source held at 200° C. above (Vapor pressure of Cs at 373° C. is 10 mm Hg).
  • Chemical vapor transport methods can be used. Most metals vaporize at very high temperature. Metal atoms of these metals, such as Ga, can be introduced into nanotube films by chemical vapor transport. The nanotube film is placed in an evacuated glass tube, at one end. a A metal particle is placed at the other end. A chemical vapor transport agent, such as Cl 2 , I 2 , Br 2 and HCl is also included. The tube is placed into a three-zone furnace. The temperature of nanotube is held lower that that of the metal, so that metal atoms are transported to the nanotube films by the transport agent.
  • Metal atoms can be introduced into nanotube films by first absorbing a metal compound like metal halides or organometallic compounds on the surface of the nanotube films, followed by heating then under inert gas atmosphere to convert metal halides or organometallic compounds to metal atoms.
  • Metal atoms may be introduced into a nanotube film by absorbing GeBr 2 on the surface of nanotubes from a GeBr2 alcohol solution, then heating the nanotube film between 200 and 400° C. to decompose GeBr2.
  • Functionalization of nanotubes by chemical sorption can be used, some molecules, like metal phthalocyanines may have the effect of lowing work function of nanotubes and lead to an enhancement of field emission when absorbed on the surface of nanotubes.
  • Absorption can be carried out by placing a nanotube film electrode in a phthalocyanine, porphyrin or metalloporphyrin solution; this procedure is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,203,814.
  • the functionalization is carried out by phthalocyanines, metalloporphyrins, porphyrins or other organometallics.
  • the treatment can also include annealing the film after functionalization.
  • the annealing temperature can be carried out between 200 and 900 degrees Celsius in inert gas or under 360 degrees Celsius in air.
  • the carbon nanotube films are treated by ion bombardment before use in a field emission device or field emitting cathode.
  • [0101] energy 30 keV.
  • Other ranges appropriate for the present invention can be from about 5 eV to about 1 MeV, e.g., 10-50 keV.
  • ion Ga. Although Ga was used as the ion, any type of ion can be used. Other types of ions, for example, include H, He, Ar, C, O, and Xe.
  • spot size defocused, 500 nm. Other ranges appropriate for the present invention include from about 1 nm to about 1 micron. Appropriate spot size can also be based on desired resolution and dose.
  • scan area 760 microns ⁇ 946 microns Rasterscanned for about twenty seconds. Any appropriate scan area will suffice.
  • dose 2 ⁇ 10 14 /cm 2 ranges include from about 10 2 /cm 2 to about 10 20 /cm 2
  • Other energetic beams/sources including atomic beams, electron beams, neutron beams, molecular beams, lasers, plasmas, UV light, x-ray and gamma rays can be used to treat nanotube films instead of ion bombardment.
  • Mechanical treatment resulting in mechanical disruption, for example, ball milling can be used.
  • the treatments can remove surface oxygen, remove insulating oxidation residues, generate edges, points, and singularities, recrystallize the tubes, generate non-tube carbon nanoparticles.
  • a treatment can also be used to clean the carbon nanotubes, for example cleaning to remove the insulation coating generated by oxidation and cleaning to remove oxygen.
  • FIG. 12 illustrates scanning electron microscope views of carbon nanotubes on aluminum.
  • FIG. 7 schematically illustrates an apparatus used to make the emission measurements.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates the top view, FIG. 7 a , and side views, FIG. 7 b .
  • FIG. 7 a shows a 6 mm ⁇ 6 mm phosphor on indium tin oxide (ITO).
  • ITO indium tin oxide
  • FIG. 7 b the phosphor is shown to be spaced from the patterned carbon nanotubes by a distance of 125 ⁇ m.
  • the entire system is evacuated with a vacuum of 5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 9 Torr in the emission chamber.
  • the ion bombardment achieves a reduction in work voltage, increases emission current and increases the number of emission sites. With reference to FIG. 8, it is seen that the turn-on voltage was reduced substantially as the result of ion beam treatment.
  • FIG. 9 is a Fowler-Nordheim (F-N) plot.
  • the shape of the curves provides the theoretical proof of FE. Shifting the curve toward the right side—toward lower voltage ⁇ indicates an increased number of emission sites.
  • Carbon nanotube films fabricated by electrophoresis on an aluminum layer deposited on a glass have been locally irradiated with focused ion beams.
  • a diode structure with a distance of 125 ⁇ m between cathodes and anodes was used for emission measurement.
  • a maximum emission current of 375 microamps with a turn-on voltage of 2.8 V/ ⁇ m for carbon nanotube emitters was found to decrease by focused ion beam irradiation to 1.1 V/ ⁇ m with increase in emission current by a factor of six.
  • the current range that was used in the test was in the low range with an anode voltage of about 400 to 500 volts, close to the turn-on (threshold) voltage for field emission.
  • the change was from 0.05 to about 0.18 microamps to more than 0.9 microamps with a drastic change in the F-N plot of FIG. 9.
  • the physical and chemical effects of ion bombardment on carbon nanotubes are not entirely known. While not wishing to be bound to any particular theory, it may be that the effect of the ion bombardment is the creation of surface sites which enhance field emission. It is believed that the treatment 1) cuts lengths of nanotubes, in particular, if high energy beams are used, hence generating more ends; 2) implants ions, like Ga ions, into the nanotube film, the ions being inside a single tube and outside tubes; 3) saturates dangling bonds with hydrogen (where a hydrogen ion beam/plasma is used), resulting in hydrogenated surface; 4) cleans the surface of nanotubes by removing contaminants, such as binder residue and oxygenated groups; 5) generates localized and delocalized regions along the nanotube axis by creating pits and carbon nanoparticles and recrystallizing amorphous carbons on the surface of nanotubes, and disrupting carbon layers, leading to an increasing in emission sites; 6) improves electric contacts between nanotubes.
  • the surface sites generated by ion bombardment can be defects, which are carbon atoms at edges, carbon atoms associated with other atoms, like a hydrogen atom, and an implanted Ga atom, and carbon atoms with a sp3 configuration or configurations between sp2 and sp3.
  • the defects can be at the ends (exposed) of a nanotube, and on the surface of a single nanotube associated with a nanoparticle, a pit and a disrupted carbon layer.
  • field emission display devices are based on the emission of electrons in a vacuum. Emitter tips emit electrons that are accelerated in a strong electric field. The electrons ultimately collide with fluorescent materials that emit light.
  • the advantages of this type of display over other types, such as cathode ray tubes, are that they are very thin and light and yield high brightness and resolution. Processes for constructing these devices are disclosed in EP No. 1,073,090 A2.
  • FIG. 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of a field emission display device using an treated carbon nanotube cathode.
  • the field emission display 1000 includes, for example, a first substrate 1010 , first metal film 1020 , a conductive high polymer film 1030 , a dielectric film 1040 , a second metal film 1050 , a spacer 1060 , a transparent electrode 1070 , a second substrate 1080 , and emitter tips, the treated carbon nanotube cathode, 1090 .
  • the substrate 1010 is, for example, made of glass quartz, silicon, or alumina (Al 2 O 3 ).
  • Other substrates include silica, platinum, iron and its alloys, cobalt and its alloys, nickel and its alloys, and ceramics.
  • the first metal film 1020 functions as the cathode and is, for example, made of chrome, titanium, tungsten, or aluminum.
  • the first metal film 1020 has a thickness form about 0.2 to about 0.5 ⁇ m.
  • the dielectric film 1040 has a thickness from about one to about five ⁇ m.
  • the second metal film 1050 functions as a gate electrode and is made from, for example, chrome, titanium, or palladium.
  • the thickness of the second metal film is from about 0.2 to 0.5 ⁇ m.
  • the second metal film 1050 can also be patterned, for example, by using a photoresist film that has a thickness from about 1.5 to about 2.0 ⁇ m.
  • the photoresist film is later developed forming a photoresist pattern.
  • the accelerating gate electrode should be in close proximity to the emitting source approximately one to ten ⁇ m.
  • Both the first metal film 1020 and the dielectric film 1040 have a plurality of fine holes.
  • the holes have, for example, a diameter of 0.5 to 10.0 ⁇ m and are separated from each other by about 2.0 to about 15.0 ⁇ m.
  • the conductive high polymer film 1030 can be, for example, made from carbon adhesive or silver adhesive.
  • the conductive high polymer film 1030 is liquefied by heating and poured to fill approximately one-third of each of the fine holes.
  • emitter tips 1090 Arranged vertically or horizontally within the conductive high polymer film 1030 are carbon nanotubes used as emitter tips 1090 .
  • the emitter tips 1090 are made from the ion bombarded carbon nanotubes discussed previously. These emitter tips 1090 can obtain a great amount of emission current at a low operating voltage, for example, about 1.5 V/ ⁇ m.
  • the range can be from about 0.1 to about 2.0 V/ ⁇ m, e.g., about 0.8 V/ ⁇ m to about 1.5V/ ⁇ m.
  • the spacer 1060 Above the second metal film 1050 is the spacer 1060 .
  • the spacer 1060 is installed to about 100 to about 700 ⁇ m. on the second metal film 1050 .
  • the transparent electrode 1070 is on top of the spacer 1060 .
  • the transparent electrode 1060 functions as an anode and is made of a conducting oxide, such as indium oxide, indium tin oxide, tin oxide, copper oxide, or zinc oxide.
  • the second substrate 1080 is on the transparent electrode 1070 and can be made of glass. Fluorescent material, attached to the transparent electrode 1070 , emits red, blue, or green light when electrons contact it.
  • the emitter tips 1090 are made of the ion bombarded carbon nanotubes.
  • the geometrical features of the emitter tips 1090 should be small.
  • the diameters of each emitter tip 1090 should be as small as 1.3 nm.
  • the average height of the nanotubes is from about 0.1 to about 1000 ⁇ m, preferably between 0.1 to about 100 ⁇ m.
  • the average diameter is between 1.3 to 200 nm depending on whether the nanotubes are single walled or multi-walled.
  • More than 10 4 emitting tips are needed per pixel of 100 ⁇ 100 ⁇ m 2 assuming 50% of nanotube density with a tubule diameter of about 10 to about 100 nanometers.
  • the emitter density is preferably at 1 / ⁇ m 2 , in particularly at least 10/ ⁇ m 2 .
  • the entire field emission display 1000 is evacuated.
  • a field emission display 2000 is shown.
  • the field emission display 2000 includes, for example, a baseplate 2010 , a spaced-apart phosphor coated faceplate 2020 , and an electron emitter array 2030 positioned on the baseplate 2010 for emitting electrons that collide with the phosphor causing illumination.
  • the components of the field emission display 2000 are in a vacuum.
  • the electron emitter array (cathode) 2030 is composed of treated carbon nanotubes that can have either an orientation parallel, perpendicular, or any angle between zero and ninety degrees to the baseplate 2010 . (See PCT/US 99/13648—Free Standing and Aligned Carbon Nanotubes and Synthesis thereof).
  • FIG. 3 shows yet another embodiment of the field emission device.
  • the device 3000 has, for example, a substrate 3010 , a porous top layer 3020 , a catalyst material 3030 , and bundles of treated carbon nanotubes 3040 as the cathode.
  • the substrate 3010 and the porous top layer 3020 can be made of, for example, silicon.
  • the catalyst material 3030 can be a thin film of iron oxide that is formed in a particular pattern.
  • the carbon nanotube bundles 3040 serve as the cathode.
  • the bundles 3040 are oriented substantially perpendicular to the substrate 3010 .
  • the bundles 3040 can also be oriented substantially parallel to the substrate 3010 .
  • the carbon nanotube bundles 3040 may be about 10-250 ⁇ m wide, and up to or greater than three hundred ⁇ m in height.
  • the bundles 3040 are of the same size and shape as the patterns of catalyst material 3030 , for example.
  • the nanotube bundles 3040 can have flat tops or bowl-shaped tops as shown in the figure.
  • the sharp edges of the nanotube bundles 3040 function as field emission regions.
  • Each bundle 3040 provides the field emission for a single pixel in a flat panel display.
  • the device is evacuated to from about 10 ⁇ 3 Torr to about 10 ⁇ 9 Torr, e.g., from about 10 ⁇ 7 Torr to about 10 ⁇ 8 Torr.
  • FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of a flat panel field emission display 4000 .
  • the display 4000 includes cathode 4010 that contains a plurality of treated carbon nanotube emitting tips 4020 and an anode 4030 .
  • the anode 4030 further includes an anode conductor 4040 and a phosphor layer 4050 .
  • Between the cathode 4010 and the anode 4030 is a perforated conductive gate electrode 4060 .
  • Between the gate electrode 4060 and the cathode 4010 is an insulating layer 4070 .
  • the space between the anode 4030 and the carbon nanotube emitting tips are sealed and evacuated. The voltage is supplied by a power supply.
  • the electrons emitted from the emitting tips 4020 are accelerated by the gate electrode 4060 , and move toward the anode conductor layer 4080 which is a transparent conductor such as indium-tin oxide.
  • the gate electrode 4060 should be within 10 ⁇ m of the emitting tips 4020 .
  • As the emitted electrons hit the phosphor layer 4050 light is given off. (see, EP 1,022,763 A1).
  • the colors of the emitted light depend on the phosphors that are used. For example Zn:Scu, Al for green, Y 2 O 3 :Eu for Red, and ZnS:Ag for blue.
  • the cathodes and anodes can be referred to as sources and drains respectively.
  • the treated carbon nanotube cathode is held at a negative potential relative to the anode. As a result of this potential difference, electrons are emitted from the emitter tips and travel to the anode.
  • the gate electrode can be used to accelerate the emitted electrons.
  • FIG. 10 is an illustration of a classical field emitter.
  • Table 3 shows example characteristics of a field emitter display TABLE 3 emission type low & high voltage brightness (cd/m 2 ) 150, 600 viewing angle (degrees) 160 emission efficiency (lm 10-15 response time 10-30 contrast ratio >100:1 number of colors 16 million number of pixels 640/480 resolution (mm pitch) 0.31 power consumption (W) 2 max screen size (cm) 26.4 panel thickness (mm) 10 operating temp range (° C.) ⁇ 5 to 85
  • the advantages of field emission display over other types of displays such as cathode ray tubes include: high brightness, peak brightness, full viewing angle, high emission efficiency, high dynamic range, fast response time and low power consumption.
  • PCT Appln. PCT/SE00/015221 A Light Source, and a Field Emission Cathode
  • PCT Appln. PCT/US99/13648 Free-Standing and Aligned Carbon Nanotubes and Synthesis Thereof (scanning electron microscope, alkali metal batteries, electromagnetic interference shield, and microelectrodes).

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