Motivated by enhanced thermionic emission performance resulting from low work function,
the work function of Ce x La 1− x B 6 is studied by first-principles calculation based on …

A cerium hexaboride (CeB 6) single crystal grown by the floating-zone method has a low
work function of about 2.6 eV, and along with lanthanum hexaboride (LaB 6), it is one of the …

Due to strong anti‐poisoning ability, good emission stability, high emission current density,
lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) and cerium hexaboride (CeB6) have been maturely applied …

First-principles calculations were employed to study the molecular and dissociative
adsorption of CO2, H2O, O2 and N2 on a LaB6 (100) surface. The adsorption energy …

A high-quality LaB 6 single crystal with 2–10.24 mm in the diameter was prepared by the
optical floating zone melting technique. The angular deviation from theoretical (100) crystal …

CeB 6-based quaternary rare-earth hexaboride single crystals Ce 1-xy La x Pr y B 6 (x= 0.1–
0.4, y= 0.1–0.4) with Φ 5 mm× 35 mm were grown via the optical floating zone technique …

The optical floating zone method was employed to fabricate the Samarium hexaboride (SmB
6), which were high-quality single crystals. The density function theory was used to calculate …

The work functions of LnB6 (Ln= Pr, Nd, and Gd) at (100) plane are systematically studied by
first‐principles calculation based on density functional theory. It reveals that the work …

Photoemission is used for a large variety of experimental techniques for study of material
properties. Further applications photoemission finds for electron beam generation …

To establish the mechanism of high emission efficiency of lanthanum hexaboride, which is
one of the most widely used electron emitters, a comparative analysis of the state of La and …