NMSBA Leveraged Project Interim Status Report
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
We have investigated the quality of copper particles available on the market today and determined their complete unsuitability to be used for copper inks, since all of them were significantly oxidized: there was only 50% of metallic copper in each batch and the rest was Cu2O and CuO. To date, we have fully identified the challenges and developed the synthesis for large amounts of the copper ink precursor, namely, copper(I) mesityl. Currently, the amounts of tens of grams of the precursor have been obtained. From this precursor, four small batches of copper nanoparticles (50 mg each) have been synthesized to investigate the possibility of decreasing particle sensitivity to oxygen. These particles have been treated with different surface-stabilizing agents (namely, octylamine, oleylamine, pyridine, benzotriazole, and dodecanethiol) in order to investigate their influence on particle oxygen sensitivity. A batch of copper nanoparticles in the amount of 2 grams has also been synthesized in order to start preparation of test ink batches with different solvents, surfactants, and stabilizers.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC). Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 1398893
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-29106
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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