Ok here's my idea:
Take a wire, and cover it with carbon nanotubes. Ones especially optimized for electron emmision. This is the Cathode.
Then wrap a glass tube around it with the insides covered in a transparent electrode material. This is the Anode.
Fill it with some Argon and Xenon.
Coat the outside with a Blue-light reacting Phosphor.
The idea is to lower the need for high starting voltages by putting a wire VERY close to the glass side electrode. Localised heating may yet be a problem. (I think it would run cooler due to the cold type cathode.)
Basically turning a SED into a new kind of CFL.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Take a wire, and cover it with carbon nanotubes. Ones especially optimized for electron emmision. This is the Cathode.
Then wrap a glass tube around it with the insides covered in a transparent electrode material. This is the Anode.
Fill it with some Argon and Xenon.
Coat the outside with a Blue-light reacting Phosphor.
The idea is to lower the need for high starting voltages by putting a wire VERY close to the glass side electrode. Localised heating may yet be a problem. (I think it would run cooler due to the cold type cathode.)
Basically turning a SED into a new kind of CFL.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
