• 文献标题:   Insulator-Conductor Type Transitions in Graphene-Modified Silver Nanowire Networks: A Route to Inexpensive Transparent Conductors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JUREWICZ I, FAHIMI A, LYONS PE, SMITH RJ, CANN M, LARGE ML, TIAN MW, COLEMAN JN, DALTON AB
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  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Surrey
  • 被引频次:   26
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.201402547
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Silver nanowire coatings are an attractive alternative to indium tin oxide for producing transparent conductors. To fabricate coatings with low sheet resistance required for touchscreen displays, a multi-layer network of silver nanowires must be produced that may not be cost effective. This problem is counteracted here by modifying the electrical properties of an ultra-low-density nanowire network through local deposition of conducting graphene platelets. Unlike other solution-processed materials, such as graphene oxide, our pristine graphene is free of oxygen functional groups, resulting in it being electrically conducting without the need for further chemical treatment. Graphene adsorption at inter-wire junctions as well as graphene connecting adjacent wires contributes to a marked enhancement in electrical properties. Using our approach, the amount of nanowires needed to produce viable transparent electrodes could be more than 50 times less than the equivalent pristine high density nanowire networks, thus having major commercial implications. Using a laser ablation process, it is shown that the resulting films can be patterned into individual electrode structures, which is a pre-requisite to touchscreen sensor fabrication.