Structure, electrical characteristics, and high-temperature stability of aerosol jet printed silver nanoparticle films
Abstract
Printed electronics has emerged as a versatile eco-friendly fabrication technique to create sintered nanoparticle (NP) films on arbitrary surfaces with an excellent control over the film microstructure. While applicability of such films for high-temperature applications is not explored previously, in this work we report the high-temperature electrical stability of silver (Ag) metal NP films fabricated using an Aerosol Jet based printing technique and demonstrate that this behavior is dictated by changes in the film microstructure. In-situ high temperature (24–500°C) impedance spectroscopy measurements show that the real part of the impedance increases with increasing temperature up to 150°C, at which point a decreasing trend prevails until 300°C, followed again by an increase in impedance. The electrical behavior is correlated with the in-situ grain growth of the Ag NP films, as observed afterwards by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD), and could be tailored by controlling the initial microstructure through sintering conditions. Using combined diffraction and spectroscopic analytical methods, it is demonstrated the Aerosol Jet printed Ag NP films exhibit enhanced thermal stability and oxidation resistance. In addition to establishing the conditions for stability of Ag NP films, the results provide a fundamental understanding of the effect of grain growth andmore »
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[1];
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States). School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States); National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1467863
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1297261
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FE0026170
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 120; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 42 ENGINEERING; Silver; Nanoparticles; Printed electronics; High temperature sensors; In-situ impedance measurements; electrical resistivity; x-ray diffraction; thin film growth; x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; oxidation; sintering; grain boundaries
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Rahman, Md Taibur, McCloy, John, Ramana, C. V., and Panat, Rahul. Structure, electrical characteristics, and high-temperature stability of aerosol jet printed silver nanoparticle films. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4960779.
Rahman, Md Taibur, McCloy, John, Ramana, C. V., & Panat, Rahul. Structure, electrical characteristics, and high-temperature stability of aerosol jet printed silver nanoparticle films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960779
Rahman, Md Taibur, McCloy, John, Ramana, C. V., and Panat, Rahul. Wed .
"Structure, electrical characteristics, and high-temperature stability of aerosol jet printed silver nanoparticle films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960779. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1467863.
@article{osti_1467863,
title = {Structure, electrical characteristics, and high-temperature stability of aerosol jet printed silver nanoparticle films},
author = {Rahman, Md Taibur and McCloy, John and Ramana, C. V. and Panat, Rahul},
abstractNote = {Printed electronics has emerged as a versatile eco-friendly fabrication technique to create sintered nanoparticle (NP) films on arbitrary surfaces with an excellent control over the film microstructure. While applicability of such films for high-temperature applications is not explored previously, in this work we report the high-temperature electrical stability of silver (Ag) metal NP films fabricated using an Aerosol Jet based printing technique and demonstrate that this behavior is dictated by changes in the film microstructure. In-situ high temperature (24–500°C) impedance spectroscopy measurements show that the real part of the impedance increases with increasing temperature up to 150°C, at which point a decreasing trend prevails until 300°C, followed again by an increase in impedance. The electrical behavior is correlated with the in-situ grain growth of the Ag NP films, as observed afterwards by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD), and could be tailored by controlling the initial microstructure through sintering conditions. Using combined diffraction and spectroscopic analytical methods, it is demonstrated the Aerosol Jet printed Ag NP films exhibit enhanced thermal stability and oxidation resistance. In addition to establishing the conditions for stability of Ag NP films, the results provide a fundamental understanding of the effect of grain growth and reduction in grain boundary area on the electrical stability of sintered NP films.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4960779},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 7,
volume = 120,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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