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Work Function Measurement for Ag-TCNQ (TCNQ = Tetracyanoquinodimethane) Nanowires

Ye, Chunnuan ; Zheng, Kaibo LU and Chen, Guorong (2012) In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 12(8). p.6576-6578
Abstract
The Ag-TCNQ (TCNQ = tetracyanoquinodimethane) nanowires synthesized by a vapor transport reaction exhibit promising field emission properties. Their effective work function at high applied electric field was estimated to be about 1.70 eV according to the Fowler-Nordheim (F-N) theory. In this work, we directly measured the intrinsic work function of Ag-TCNQ nanowires via the ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS). According to the threshold binding energy, the work function is obtained to be 5.45 eV, which shows a large discrepancy with the preivous estimation based on F-N theory. The reductive effecitive work function during the field emission is mainly attributed to the morphology-induced enhancement of the nanowire array.
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Work Function, Ultraviolet Photoemission Spectroscopy, Ag-TCNQ Nanowires
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Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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8
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6576 - 6578
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American Scientific Publishers
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1533-4880
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10.1166/jnn.2012.5417
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English
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  abstract     = {{The Ag-TCNQ (TCNQ = tetracyanoquinodimethane) nanowires synthesized by a vapor transport reaction exhibit promising field emission properties. Their effective work function at high applied electric field was estimated to be about 1.70 eV according to the Fowler-Nordheim (F-N) theory. In this work, we directly measured the intrinsic work function of Ag-TCNQ nanowires via the ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS). According to the threshold binding energy, the work function is obtained to be 5.45 eV, which shows a large discrepancy with the preivous estimation based on F-N theory. The reductive effecitive work function during the field emission is mainly attributed to the morphology-induced enhancement of the nanowire array.}},
  author       = {{Ye, Chunnuan and Zheng, Kaibo and Chen, Guorong}},
  issn         = {{1533-4880}},
  keywords     = {{Work Function; Ultraviolet Photoemission Spectroscopy; Ag-TCNQ Nanowires}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{8}},
  pages        = {{6576--6578}},
  publisher    = {{American Scientific Publishers}},
  series       = {{Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology}},
  title        = {{Work Function Measurement for Ag-TCNQ (TCNQ = Tetracyanoquinodimethane) Nanowires}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2012.5417}},
  doi          = {{10.1166/jnn.2012.5417}},
  volume       = {{12}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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