To understand the mechanism of electron field emission from diamond-like carbon, tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) films were subjected to Ar, and plasma treatments to change their surface condition and were deposited on substrates of different work function. The threshold fields and current densities for undoped ta-C are found to be significantly improved by the plasma treatments, largely due to an increase in emission site density, while little dependence was found on work function of substrate. This suggests that the main barrier to emission from ta-C is at the front surface.
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