The Study of Fabricating the Field Emission Lamps with Carbon nano-Materials

Fabrication and efficiency enhancement of non-mercury, high efficiency and green field emission lamps using carbon nano-materials such as carbon nanotubes as cathode field emitters was studied. Phosphor was coated on the ITO glass or metal substrates as the anode. The luminescence efficiency enhancement was carried out by upgrading the uniform of the emitters, improving electron and thermal conductivity of the phosphor and the optimization of the design of different cathode/anode configurations. After evaluation of the aforementioned parameters, the luminescence efficiency of the field emission lamps was raised.

• K. J. Chung
• C.C.Chiang
• Y.M. Liu
• N. W. Pu
• M. D. Ger

• Field emission lamps
• carbon nano-materials
• luminescence efficiency

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