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Title: Ink composition for making a conductive silver structure

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1329320
Patent Number(s):
9469773
Application Number:
14/368,202
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL B05D - PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-07ER46471
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Dec 20
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Walker, Steven B., and Lewis, Jennifer A. Ink composition for making a conductive silver structure. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Walker, Steven B., & Lewis, Jennifer A. Ink composition for making a conductive silver structure. United States.
Walker, Steven B., and Lewis, Jennifer A. Tue . "Ink composition for making a conductive silver structure". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1329320.
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