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The Ba-W cathode consists of the porous W matrix and the aluminate. During cathode operation, the Ba atoms are generated in the pores through the thermal reaction between the W and aluminate, and then diffuse along the pore channels to the W surface, lowering the work function. Therefore, the Ba yield and the Ba diffusion are significantly influenced by the micro pore structure of the matrix and the phase composition of the aluminate. Firstly, the matrix is fabricated with the narrow particle size distribution powder by the spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique, which shows the narrow pore size distribution (FWHM = 0.43 μm). Then the spherical powder with good fluidity and high tap density is prepared using the RF induction thermal plasma. The matrix prepared with spherical powder exhibits narrower pore size distribution (FWHM = 0.4 μm), smooth pore channels and good inter-pore connectivity. The two matrixes prepared with narrow particle powder and spherical powder are named N-matrix and S-matrix, respectively. The aluminates are prepared using the solid phase method and the liquid phase method, separately. The particles of solid phase aluminate precursor present all shapes and all sizes, while the particles of the liquid phase aluminate precursor are uniform in size and identical in shape. The phase of solid phase aluminate and the phase of liquid phase aluminate are analyzed by XRD, the results show that the former consists of the effective Ba3CaAl2O7 phase and other impurity phases, while the latter is composed of two effective phases of Ba3CaAl2O7 and Ba5CaAl4O12. The N+S and S+S cathodes are obtained by using the solid phase aluminate to impregnate the N-matrix and the S-matrix, and the U-j characteristics of the two cathodes are investigated. The double logarithmic curves of U and j show that the slope of 1.37 in the space charges limited (SCL) region for the S + S cathode is higher than that of 1.25 for the N+S cathode, so the S+S cathode exhibits better emission uniformity. The current density at the deviation point (jDEV) of the N+S cathode and that of the S+S cathode are 6.6 A·cm–2 and 6.96 A·cm–2, respectively. So the improvement on the matrix obviously raises the emission uniformity of cathode, but the current density is increased less. Based on the excellent matrix of the S+S cathode, the S+L cathode is obtained by improving the aluminate of the S+S cathode with liquid phase aluminate. The U-j characteristics show the slope of the S+L cathode reaches to 1.44, and the jDEV is 21.2 A·cm–2. So the improvement on the aluminate not only increases the uniformity, but also raises the current density. The present study shows that the U-j curve calculated from the classical thermionic emission (TE) theory accords well with that of the S + L cathode at 1000 ℃, which indicates that the Ba-W cathode follows the classical TE theory rather than other emission theories, and the Ba-O dipole layer just changes the work function of the cathode. -
Keywords:
- barium tungsten cathode /
- spark plasma sintering /
- spherical tungsten powder /
- thermal emission characteristics
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图 1 5.6 μm窄粒度钨粉微观形貌
Figure 1. Micromorphology of the tungsten powder with diameter of 5.6 μm.
图 2 9个正交实验方案球化后的粉末形貌
Figure 2. Micro morphology of the power prepared using different spheroidization processes.
图 3 采用最优方案A1B2C2后获得的不同放大倍数的颗粒形貌
Figure 3. Micro morphologies at different magnifications of the spherical powder obtained using the A1B2C2 scheme.
图 4 断面形貌和相应的孔径分布 (a), (b) 传统烧结基体; (c), (d) SPS烧结窄粒度钨粉基体; (e), (f) SPS烧结球形钨粉基体
Figure 4. Fracture surface morphology and the corresponding pore diameter distribution: (a), (b) Conventional sintering; (c), (d) SPS using the narrow tungsten powder; (e), (f) SPS using the spherical tungsten powder.
图 5 铝酸盐前驱体不同放大倍数的微观形貌 (a), (b) 固相法铝酸盐; (c), (d) 液相法铝酸盐
Figure 5. Micro morphologies at different magnifications: (a), (b) Aluminate precursor prepared by solid phase method; (c), (d) aluminate precursor prepared by liquid phase method.
图 6 (a) 固相法制备的铝酸盐物相; (b) 液相法制备的铝酸盐物相
Figure 6. X-ray diffraction patterns of the aluminate by (a) solid phase method and (b) liquid phase method.
图 7 (a) 1050 ℃时理想阴极、N+S阴极、S+S阴极的U-j双对数曲线; (b) 1050 ℃下N+S阴极、S+S阴极的lgj–U 0.5曲线
Figure 7. (a) The log J-log U plots of the ideal, N+S and S+S cathodes, (b) the lgj-U 0.5 plots of the N+S and S+S cathodes.
图 8 S+L阴极的(a) U-j曲线和 (b) lgj-U 0.5曲线
Figure 8. (a) U-j characteristic curves, and (b) lgj-U 0.5 curves of the S+L cathode.
图 9 (a) 阴极表面偶电层和偶极子层示意图; (b) 电子所受力随距离的变化曲线; (c)力对电子所做的功随距离的变化曲线
Figure 9. (a) Diagram of the electric double layer and the Ba-O dipole layer on the cathode surface; (b) curves of F(x)–x; (c) curves of W(x)–x.
图 10 S+L阴极在1000 ℃的U-j曲线及其拟合结果
Figure 10. U-j characteristic plot of the S+L cathode at 1000 ℃ and the fitting plot.
表 1 参数因素水平
Table 1. Parametric factor level.
水平 (A) 探针位置 (B) 送粉率/
(g·min–1)(C) 载气流/
(L·min–1)1 顶端 2.5 2.5 2 中间 5 4 3 尾端 8 6 
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表 2 正交实验方案及结果
Table 2. Results of orthogonal experiments.
实验号 A B C 实验方案 球化率 1 顶端 2.5 2.5 A1B1C1 100% 2 顶端 5 4 A1B2C2 95% 3 顶端 8 6 A1B3C3 50% 4 中间 5 2.5 A2B2C1 75% 5 中间 8 4 A2B3C2 30% 6 中间 2.5 6 A2B1C3 90% 7 尾端 8 2.5 A3B3C1 1% 8 尾端 2.5 4 A3B1C2 3% 9 尾端 5 6 A3B2C3 1% K1 2.45 1.93 1.76 — — K2 1.95 1.71 1.28 — — K3 0.05 0.81 1.41 — — R 2.39 1.12 0.35 — —
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[1] Kirkwood D M, Gross S J, Balk T J, Beck M J, Booske J, Busbanher D, Jacobs R, Kordesch M E, Mitsdarffer B, Morgan D 2018 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 65 2061
Google Scholar
[2] Zhao J, Li N, Li J, Gamzina D, Baig A, Barchfeld R 2011 Int. J. Terahertz Sci. Technol. 4 240
Google Scholar
[3] Hong Y, Lee S, Shin J W, Sung Ho Lee, So J H 2016 Curr. Appl. Phys. 16 1431
Google Scholar
[4] Choi J, Sung H M, Roh K B, Hong S H, Kim G H, Han H N 2017 Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mater. 69 164
Google Scholar
[5] Lee G, McKittrick J, Ivanov E, Olevsky E A 2016 Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mater. 61 22
Google Scholar
[6] Ghahremani D, Ebadzadeh T, Maghsodipour A 2015 Ceram. Int. 41 6409
Google Scholar
[7] Ghafuri F, Ahmadian M, Emadi R, Zakeri M 2019 Ceram. Int. 45 10550
Google Scholar
[8] Li R, Wang Z Y, Sun W, Hu H L, Khor K A, Wang Y, Dong Z L 2019 Mater. Charact. 157 109917
Google Scholar
[9] 王子玉, 尚吉花, 杨新宇, 张久兴 2021 强激光与粒子束 33 053001
Google Scholar
Wang Z Y, Shang J H, Yang X Y, Zhang J X 2021 High Pow. Las. Part. Beam. 33 053001
Google Scholar
[10] Li R, Qin M, Chen Z, Zhao S, Liu C, Wang X, Zhang L, Ma J, Qu X 2018 Powder Technol. 339 192
Google Scholar
[11] Li B, Sun Z, Jin H, Hu P, Yuan F 2016 Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mater. 59 105
Google Scholar
[12] Li J, Wei J, Feng Y, Li X 2018 Materials 11 1380
Google Scholar
[13] Jiang X L, Boulos M 2006 Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 16 13
Google Scholar
[14] Ravi M, Sreedhar S, Janpandit M 2018 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 65 2083
Google Scholar
[15] Darr A M, Loveless A M, Garner A L 2019 Appl. Phys. Lett. 114 014103
Google Scholar
[16] Lin T P, Eng G 1989 J. Appl. Phys. 65 3205
Google Scholar
[17] Longo R T 2003 J. Appl. Phys. 94 6966
Google Scholar
[18] 漆世锴, 王小霞, 王兴起, 胡明玮, 刘理, 曾伟 2020 物理学报 69 037901
Google Scholar
Qi S K, Wang X X, Wang X Q, Hu M W, Liu L, Zeng W 2020 Acta Phys. Sin. 69 037901
Google Scholar
[19] Raju R S, Maloney C E 1994 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 41 2460
Google Scholar
[20] 张恩虬, 刘学悫 1984电子科学学刊 6 89
Zhang E Q, Liu X Q 1984 J. Electronics (China) 6 89 (in Chinese)
[21] Shang J, Yang X, Wang Z, Hu M, Han C, Zhang J 2020 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 67 2580
Google Scholar
[22] 林祖伦, 王小菊 2013阴极电子学 (北京: 国防工业出版社) 第12页
Lin Z L, Wang X J 2013 Cathode Electronics (Bejing: National Defense Industry Press) p12 (in Chinese)
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