Electron translocation and field emission in printed CNT film by high-temperature sintering and post-treatment

The main problem of printed carbon nanotube film (CNTF) is that emitters do not have distributed uniformity. CNT was buried in leftover binding materials, which needs to be removed by fitted sintering and post-treatment. A new paste for printed CNTF was developed. Tunneling coefficients of leftover potential barrier were calculated respectively by the numerical method. The electrons translocation results through potential barrier between CNTs in calculated CNTF were tested by an experiment. A novel post-treatment, including high-temperature sintering and mechanical shearing and blowing, was performed to evidently improve the electron translocation and field emission current density of CNTF. Excellent emission prosperities were exhibited: stable current density, distributed uniformity emitters and long lifetime. The treatment of high-temperature sintering and mechanical shearing and blowing, may be an important prerequisite for future field emission display.