ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSES OF THE HEAT CONDUCTION OF CARBON NANOTUBES UNDER APPLIED VOLTAGES

Electron field emission experiments of carbon nanotubes (CNT) show that due to heat CNTs breakdown faster under applied voltage than expected. Therefore, different systems with varying temperature distributions are considered analytically and numerically by use of the heat conduction equation. This methodology yields a phenomenological understanding and description of the thermoelectric behavior of CNTs under applied voltages.