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Electron Emission Properties of Diamond and III-V Nitrides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

R. J. Nemanich ,
P.K. Baumann ,
M.J. Benjamin ,
S.L. English ,
J.D. Hartman ,
A.T. Sowers ,
B.L. Ward  and
P.C. Yang
R. J. Nemanich
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
P.K. Baumann
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
M.J. Benjamin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
S.L. English
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
J.D. Hartman
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
A.T. Sowers
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
B.L. Ward
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
P.C. Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
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Abstract

Wide bandgap semiconductors such as diamond and the III-V nitrides of GaN and AIN exhibit small or even negative electron affinities. Recent results have shown that surface treatments will modify the electron affinity of diamond to cause a negative electron affinity (NEA). Results are presented which correlate the field emission from single crystal p-type (boron doped) diamond with the electron affinity of the surfaces. The field emission is explored for nitrogen doped polycrystalline films. The threshold for field emission is significantly higher than from p-type diamond, and in fact, most surfaces are severely damaged during the emission measurement. High resolution photo-electron emission microscopy (PEEM) and field emission electron microscopy (FEEM) are employed to determine the relation of the emission to the surface morphology. PEEM results presented for diamond indicate relatively uniform emission with increased intensity at protruding crystallite edges. Results are presented for cold cathodes fabricated from epitaxial nitrides grown on 6H-SiC.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 509: Symposium C – Materials Issues in Vacuum Microelectronics , 1998 , 35
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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