Fabrication of patterned boron carbide nanowires and their electrical, field emission, and flexibility properties

Yuan Huang; Fei Liu; Qiang Luo; Yuan Tian; Qiang Zou; Chen Li; Chengmin Shen; Shaozhi Deng; Changzhi Gu; Ningsheng Xu; Hongjun Gao

doi:10.1007/s12274-012-0273-7

Fabrication of patterned boron carbide nanowires and their electrical, field emission, and flexibility properties

Yuan Huang, Fei Liu, Qiang Luo, Yuan Tian, Qiang Zou, Chen Li, Chengmin Shen, Shaozhi Deng, Changzhi Gu, Ningsheng Xu, Hongjun Gao^*

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Large-area patterned boron carbide nanowires (B₄C NWs) have been synthesized using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The average diameter of B₄C NWs is about 50 nm, with a mean length of 20 μm. The B₄C NWs have a single-crystal structure and conductivities around 5. 1 × 10^-2 Ω^-1·cm^-1. Field emission measurements of patterned B₄C NWs films show that their turn-on electric field is 2. 7 V/μm, lower than that of continuous B₄C NWs films. A single nanowire also exhibits excellent flexibility under high-strain bending cycles without deformation or failure. All together, this suggests that B₄C NWs are a promising candidate for flexible cold cathode materials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	896-902
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nano Research
Volume	5
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-012-0273-7
Publication status	Published - Dec 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Boron carbide nanowires
field emission properties
flexible
patterned

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