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Solution‐Grown Silver Nanowire Ordered Arrays as Transparent Electrodes
Author(s) -
Sciacca Beniamino,
van de Groep Jorik,
Polman Albert,
Garnett Erik C.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201504045
Subject(s) - materials science , nanowire , nanoimprint lithography , electrode , solution process , evaporation , conductivity , lithography , nanotechnology , electron beam lithography , grain boundary , metal , scattering , optoelectronics , composite material , optics , resist , metallurgy , microstructure , layer (electronics) , medicine , chemistry , physics , pathology , fabrication , thermodynamics , alternative medicine
A transparent conducting film composed of regular networks of silver nanowires is obtained by combining a soft solution process (Tollens’ reaction) and nanoimprint lithography. The solution‐grown nanowire networks show a threefold higher conductivity than grids obtained by metal evaporation. This is due to the larger grain size in the solution‐grown nanowires, which results in a strong reduction of electron scattering by grain boundaries.