Ultralight Conductive Silver Nanowire Aerogels

Qian, Fang; Lan, Pui Ching; Freyman, Megan C.; Chen, Wen; Kou, Tianyi; Olson, Tammy Y.; Zhu, Cheng; Worsley, Marcus A.; Duoss, Eric B.; Spadaccini, Christopher M.; Baumann, Ted; Han, T. Yong-Jin

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02790

Ultralight Conductive Silver Nanowire Aerogels

Journal Article · Tue Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02790· OSTI ID:1393346

^[1]; Lan, Pui Ching ^[1]; Freyman, Megan C. ^[1]; Chen, Wen ^[2]; Kou, Tianyi ^[3]; Olson, Tammy Y. ^[1]; Zhu, Cheng ^[2]; Worsley, Marcus A. ^[1]; Duoss, Eric B. ^[2]; Spadaccini, Christopher M. ^[2]; Baumann, Ted ^[1]; Han, T. Yong-Jin ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Physical and Life Science Directorate
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Engineering Directorate
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Low-density metal foams have many potential applications in electronics, energy storage, catalytic supports, fuel cells, sensors, and medical devices. Here in this work, we report a new method for fabricating ultralight, conductive silver aerogel monoliths with predictable densities using silver nanowires. Silver nanowire building blocks were prepared by polyol synthesis and purified by selective precipitation. Silver aerogels were produced by freeze-casting nanowire aqueous suspensions followed by thermal sintering to weld the nanowire junctions. As-prepared silver aerogels have unique anisotropic microporous structures, with density precisely controlled by the nanowire concentration, down to 4.8 mg/cm³ and an electrical conductivity up to 51 000 S/m. Lastly, mechanical studies show that silver nanowire aerogels exhibit “elastic stiffening” behavior with a Young’s modulus up to 16 800 Pa.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1393346

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--730883

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 17; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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