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Silver nanowire-indium zinc oxide composite flexible transparent conducting electrodes made by spin-coating and photonic curing

Journal Article · · MRS Advances
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  1. Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States); University of Texas at Dallas
  2. Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
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Flexible transparent conducting electrodes (TCE) play a critical role in modern technologies. Eliminating the high-temperature annealing of vacuum- or solution-deposited films will increase production throughput and lower the cost of the final products. Photonic curing uses intense pulses of broadband light to induce material transformations instead of heat. In this work, we combine solution deposition and photonic curing, replacing thermal annealing, to fabricate flexible composite TCE films on plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates. The composite TCE films are composed of spin-coated silver nanowire-indium zinc oxide layers. Further, the TCE films’ electrical, optical, and morphological properties are investigated and compared to those of commercially available PET/TCE. A sheet resistance of 15 Ω/sq and an average transmittance from 400 – 700 nm of 77% are achieved with the spin-coated and photonic-cured composite flexible TCE films.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Texas Instruments; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
Grant/Contract Number:
EE0009518
OSTI ID:
1908822
Journal Information:
MRS Advances, Journal Name: MRS Advances Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 8; ISSN 2059-8521
Publisher:
Springer NatureCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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