Direct observation and mechanism of increased emission sites in Fe-coated microcrystalline diamond films

Kalpataru Panda; B. Sundaravel; B. K. Panigrahi; Pin Chang Huang; Wen Ching Shih; Huang Chin Chen; I. Nan Lin

doi:10.1063/1.4729836

Direct observation and mechanism of increased emission sites in Fe-coated microcrystalline diamond films

Kalpataru Panda^*, B. Sundaravel, B. K. Panigrahi, Pin Chang Huang, Wen Ching Shih, Huang Chin Chen, I. Nan Lin

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Department of Physics, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal

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The electron field emission (EFE) properties of microcrystalline diamond (MCD) films are significantly enhanced due to the Fe coating and post-annealing processes. The 900°C post-annealed Fe coated diamond films exhibit the best EFE properties, with a turn on field (E ₀) of 3.42 V/m and attain EFE current density (J _e) of 170 μA/cm ² at 7.5 V/m. Scanning tunnelling spectroscopy (STS) in current imaging tunnelling spectroscopy mode clearly shows the increased number density of emission sites in Fe-coated and post-annealed MCD films than the as-prepared ones. Emission is seen from the boundaries of the Fe (or Fe ₃C) nanoparticles formed during the annealing process. In STS measurement, the normalized conductance dI/dV/ I/V versus V curves indicate nearly metallic band gap, at the boundaries of Fe (or Fe ₃C) nanoparticles. Microstructural analysis indicates that the mechanism for improved EFE properties is due to the formation of nanographite that surrounds the Fe (or Fe ₃C) nanoparticles.

Original language	English
Article number	124309
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	111
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729836
Publication status	Published - 15-06-2012

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