Titanium Trisulfide Nanosheets and Nanoribbons for Field Emission-Based Nanodevices
Amit S. Pawbake (Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts)
Ruchita T. Khare (Savitribai Phule Pune University)
Joshua O. Island (University of Nevada Las Vegas)
Eduardo Flores (Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Mérida)
José R. Ares (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Carlos Sanchez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Isabel J. Ferrer (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
H. S J van der Zant (TU Delft - QN/van der Zant Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)
Andres Castellanos-Gomez (QN/Mol. Electronics & Devices, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM))
G.B. More Authors (External organisation)
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Abstract
The field emission (FE) properties of TiS3 nanosheets and nanoribbons, synthesized by direct sulfuration of bulk titanium, are investigated. The nanosheets show an enhanced FE behavior with a low turn-on field of ∼0.3 V/μm, required for drawing an emission current density of ∼10 μA/cm2. Interestingly, the TiS3 nanosheet emitter delivered a large emission current density of ∼0.9 mA/cm2 at a relatively low applied electric field of ∼0.4 V/μm. We have estimated the values of the field enhancement factor (β), which are found to be ∼5 × 104 for the TiS3 nanosheet emitter and ∼4 × 103 for the nanoribbon emitter. We attribute the superior FE performance to the presence of atomically sharp edges and the reduced thickness of TiS3, as reflected in the high value of β. In fact, the nanosheet sample presents a higher density of ultrathin layers (∼12 nm-thick), and thus, they have a larger edge to volume ratio than the nanoribbon samples (which are ∼19 nm-thick). The superior FE behavior of TiS3 nanosheets over nanoribbons makes them a propitious field emitter and can be utilized for various FE-based applications, demanding large emission currents and lower operational voltages. Moreover, the FE current stability recorded on these samples confirms their promising performance. Thus, the present investigation brings out a great promise of TiS3 nanosheets and nanoribbons as field emitters for vacuum nanoelectronics devices.