Preparation and Characterization of Storage and Emission Functional Material of Cs₂O-doped 12CaO·7Al₂O₃

We provides a novel approach to generate low-temperature atomic oxygen anions (O^-) emis-sion using the cesium oxide-doped 12CaO·7Al₂O₃ (Cs₂O-doped C12A7). The maximal emis-sion intensity of O^- from the Cs₂O-doped C12A7 at 700 oC and 800 V/cm reached about 0.54 μA/cm², which was about two times as strong as that from the un-doped C12A7(0.23 μA/cm²) under the same condition. The initiative temperature of the O^- emission from the Cs₂O-doped C12A7 was about 500 oC, which was also much lower than the initiative temperature from the un-doped C12A7 (570 oC) in the given field of 800 V/cm. High pure O^- emission close to 100% could be obtained from the Cs₂O-doped C12A7 under the lower temperature (<550oC). The emission features of the Cs₂-doped C12A7, including the emis-sion distribution, temperature effect, and emission branching ratio have been investigated in detail and compared with the un-doped C12A7. The structure and storage characteristics of the resulting material were also investigated via X-ray diffraction and electron paramag-netic resonance. It was found that doping Cs₂ to C12A7 will lower the initiative emission temperature and enhance the emission intensity.