Cathode-Ray Lighting Elements

•Carbon nano materials- field emitters.

•Triod type design.

•Early models – Cylindrical rods with MWNTs were cut in

thin
disks and were glued to stainless steel plates by silv
paste.

•Later models – Nano tubes are screen printed on to th

metal
plates.

•Luminance of phosphor screen – 6.4 * 104 cd / cm2 f

 Flat Panel Display

•Demonstration structure constructed at Northwester

University

•Nanotube-epoxy stripes on the cathode glass plate

•Phosphor-coated Indium-Tin-Oxide (ITO) stripes on the

anode plate

•Pixels are formed at the intersection of cathode an

anode
stripes. At a cathode-anode gap distance of 30 µm, 230
current density.
•Half-voltage off-pixel scheme. Pulses of ±150V are
switched
among anode and cathode stripes,

•Samsung has fabricated 4.5-inch diode-type field

emission
display with SWNT stripes on the cathode and
phosphor-coated
ITO stripes on the anode.

•SWNTs synthesized by the arc-discharge method were

dispersed
in isopropyl alcohol and then mixed with an organic
mixture of
nitro cellulose.

•Paste was squeezed into soda lime glasses through a

Energy Storage Applications

•Graphite, carbonaceous materials and carbon fiber

electrodes have
been used for decades in fuel cells, battery and several
other electrochemical applications.

•Efficiency of fuel cells and this depends on various

factors, such as
the structure and morphology of the carbon material
used in
the electrodes.
 
•The electron transfer kinetics take place fastest on
nanotubes than
in conventional carbon electrodes.
 Hydrogen Storage

•Metal hydrides and cryo-adsorption are the tw

commonly used
means to store hydrogen, typically at high pressure
and/or low temperature. In metal hydrides, hydrogen
reversibly
stored in the interstitial sites of the host lattice.

•Hydrogen can also be stored in the gas phase in th

metal hydrides.
 
•Because of their cylindrical and hollow geometry, and
nanometer-scale diameters, it has been predicted tha
the
carbon nanotubes can store liquid and gas in the inne
•Higher hydrogen uptake, up to 14–20wt%, at 20–400°
under
ambient pressure was reported in alkali meta
intercalated
carbon nanotubes.

 
•Many experiments are performed on SWNT containin
materials.Still
it is not clear whether carbon nanotubes will have real
technological applications in the hydrogen storag
application area.

 
•Carbon nanotubes readily absorb other gaseous species
 Filled composites
•Carbon fibers have 50 times the specific strength of
steel.

•They are excellent load bearing reinforcements in

composites – due to their high strength.

•Use of SWNT is preferred to MWNTs in composites.

•Nanotubes sustain large strains (40%) in tension withou

showing the
• Nanotube
signs filled ceramics withstand high temperature.
of fracture.

•Using Nanotubes for structural polymer composites

increases the toughness of the composites by absorbing
energy during their highly flexible elastic behavior.