Article in Advanced Functional Materials
In recent years, transitional metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have opened a new frontier in the area of field emission devices. Due to their layered structure and the presence of thin and sharp edges with high aspect ratios the local electric field is enhanced which plays an important role in filed emission.
L. Pirker, M. Remškar in B: Višić from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics F5 together with colleagues from OTH Regensburg (Germany) published an article in Advanced Functional Materials titled MoxWx–1S2 Nanotubes for Advanced Field Emission Application, where they report on the synthesis and characterization on mixed MoWS2 nanotubes. Single nanotube field emission devices were prepared and show promising results comparable with other TMDC devices.