• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 35, Issue 2, 199 (2020)
Tong ZHANG, Zi-Juan LI, Ze-Kun GUO, Yan TIAN, Hao-Jian LIN, Ning-Sheng XU, Jun CHEN, Shao-Zhi DENG*, and Fei LIU*
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  • Guangdong Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technology, School of Eletronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20190070 Cite this Article
    Tong ZHANG, Zi-Juan LI, Ze-Kun GUO, Yan TIAN, Hao-Jian LIN, Ning-Sheng XU, Jun CHEN, Shao-Zhi DENG, Fei LIU. Single Crystalline SmB6 Nanostructure Arrays: Controllable Synthesis and Field Emission Property[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(2): 199 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Being a typical Kondo topological insulator, samarium hexaboride (SmB6) attracts much interest in condensed physics and material sciences in recent years. In comparison with their bulk counterparts, SmB6 nanostructures have more abundant surface electron states due to larger specific surface area, which are believed as idea platforms for studying surface quantum properties and physic mechanism. Through chemical vapor deposition (CVD), SmB6 nanobelt and nanowire films were respectively prepared on Si substrate. Both SmB6 nanowires and nanobelts are proven as the cubic single crystals, and their growth directions are, along [100] and [110], respectively. Field emission (FE) results show that SmB6 nanobelts have a turn-on field of 3.24 V/μm and their maximum current density arrives at 466.16 μA/cm 2, which are better than SmB6 nanowires. Considering that SmB6 nanostructures have lower electron affinity, higher electron conductivity and more abundant surface states, they are regarded as excellent cold cathode nanomaterials if their FE performances can be further improved.
    Tong ZHANG, Zi-Juan LI, Ze-Kun GUO, Yan TIAN, Hao-Jian LIN, Ning-Sheng XU, Jun CHEN, Shao-Zhi DENG, Fei LIU. Single Crystalline SmB6 Nanostructure Arrays: Controllable Synthesis and Field Emission Property[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(2): 199
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