Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.675, 75-80, 2017
Introduction of carbon nano-tubes/graphenes cooperating conductive component into the phosphor to restrain the saturation behavior in low voltage cathodoluminescence
The saturation behavior in low voltage cathodoluminescence is originated from the low conductivity of the phosphor material. Based on the electrical percolation theory, carbon nano-tubes (CNTs) and graphenes (GPNs) were simultaneously introduced into the phosphor material to achieve a higher conductivity. Owing to the cooperating effects originated from the morphorlogical complementarities between CNTs and GPNs, the electrical percolation threshold of three-dimensional conductive network in the phosphor material was significantly decreased when the CNT/GPN mass ratio was properly set. With the introduction of CNT/GPN cooperating conductive component in the phosphor material, distinctly improved performances were achieved in low voltage cathodoluminescence. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.