Planar type electron emission device using atomic layered materials and it applications

The planar type electron emission devices using atomic layered materials of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) were developed to suppress inelastic electron scattering within the device structure. High emission efficiency of more than 40 % and high emission current density of more than 100 mA/cm2 were achieved by the suppression of the inelastic electron scattering within the topmost gate electrode using graphene,. In addition, highly monochromatic electron emission with an energy spread of 0.18 eV in the full width at half maximum were realized by the suppression of the inelastic electron scattering within the topmost gate electrode and insulating layer using the graphene/h-BN heterostructure. These results would lead to several practical applications of planar type electron emission devices.