Review Article

An Overview on Structure and Field Emission Properties of Carbon Nitride Films

Table 3

Appropriate size of sp2 clusters.

Size of clusters (nm)Preparation methodTurn-on electric field ( )/threshold field ( )Current densityReference

Ta-C (annealed in nitrogen and acetylene ambient)2Filtered cathodic vacuum arc technique4.8 V/ m (1  A/cm2)[50]
N-PPANI2.2Pyrolysis of polyaniline1.7 V/ m (10  A/cm2)[59]
1.8–2.4Magnetron sputtering of carbon target4.0 V/μm (1  A/cm2)10  A/cm2 (11.0 V/μm)[56]