期刊
NANOTECHNOLOGY
卷 27, 期 39, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/39/395605
关键词
CuO nanowires; thermal oxidation; alleviate cracking problem; field emission
资金
- Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province [2014B09091500]
- Educational Commission of Guangdong Province [2014KZDXM010]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2015ZP024, 2015ZP030, 2015ZZ063]
Metal oxide nanowires (NWs) can be easily grown by the thermal oxidation method, but the low adhesion between the NWs and the substrate restricts their practical applications in functional devices. In this work, the conventional hotplate technique is simply modified by introducing one or two stainless steel plates to supply a more stable oxidation environment, which is found to be beneficial to the growth and adhesion of CuO NWs on the Cu substrate. In detail, the Cu foils were heated on the hotplate directly, on one plate over the hotplate, and between two plates over the hotplate at 400 degrees C in ambient condition. It is found that the NWs obtained between two plates exhibit large length and diameter with moderate density. The sufficient activated oxygen, stable temperature, and proper temperature gradient configuration caused by the two plates accelerate the formation of CuO NWs, and result in the longest NWs with enhanced adhesion. The grain-boundary diffusion and Kirkendall effect are proposed to explain the mechanism of NWs growth and the formation of cracks. The NWs obtained between two plates also showed the best field emission properties, with lowest turn-on field (5.31 V mu m(-1)) and threshold field (9.8 V mu m(-1)). Excellent field emission properties and enhanced NW-substrate adhesion indicate that these NW arrays could be potentially used as the cathode of field emission displays.
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