Conductivity Improvement of Silver Nanowire Transparent Electrodes by Surface Plasma Treatment

Autor: Mary Donnabelle L. Balela, Joybelle Lopez, Nathaniel de Guzman, Magdaleno R. Vasquez
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Materials Science Forum. 890:89-92
ISSN: 1662-9752
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.890.89
Popis: High aspect ratio silver nanowires (Ag NWs) were successfully synthesized by CuCl2-mediated synthesis. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-Ray diffraction were employed to investigate the morphology and structure of the Ag products, respectively. Suspensions of Ag NW in ethanol were coated on glass substrates by Meyer rod coating to fabricate transparent conducting electrodes (TCE’s). The electrodes were then plasma treated at a power of 75 W. The effects of increasing plasma treatment time and oxygen exposure on the sheet resistance of the transparent electrodes were investigated. A sheet resistance of 8 Ω/sq with an optical transmittance of 80 % at 550nm was obtained for an electrode with a nanowire density of 0.18 mg/cm2 after 5 mins of plasma (Ar) exposure.
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