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Ink composition for making a conductive silver structure

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1329320
An ink composition for making a conductive silver structure comprises a silver salt and a complex of (a) a complexing agent and a short chain carboxylic acid or (b) a complexing agent and a salt of a short chain carboxylic acid, according to one embodiment. A method for making a silver structure entails combining a silver salt and a complexing agent, and then adding a short chain carboxylic acid or a salt of the short chain carboxylic acid to the combined silver salt and a complexing agent to form an ink composition. A concentration of the complexing agent in the ink composition is reduced to form a concentrated formulation, and the silver salt is reduced to form a conductive silver structure, where the concentrated formulation and the conductive silver structure are formed at a temperature of about 120.degree. C. or less.
Research Organization:
The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-07ER46471
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
Patent Number(s):
9,469,773
Application Number:
14/368,202
OSTI ID:
1329320
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

The chemistry and free energy of formation of silver nitride journal November 1991
Preparation of porous silver particles using ammonium formate and its formation mechanism journal January 2010
Pen-on-Paper Flexible Electronics journal June 2011
Reactive Silver Inks for Patterning High-Conductivity Features at Mild Temperatures journal January 2012

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