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Highly Conductive and Fatigue‐Free Flexible Copper Film Electrode Fabricated by a Facile Dry Transfer Technique
Author(s) -
Shen Shengfei,
Zhu Wei,
Peng Yuncheng,
Hai Fengxun,
Feng Jingjing,
Deng Yuan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201701038
Subject(s) - materials science , electrode , electrical conductor , flexible electronics , transfer printing , composite material , electronics , copper , bend radius , polyethylene terephthalate , substrate (aquarium) , bending , optoelectronics , metallurgy , electrical engineering , chemistry , oceanography , geology , engineering
Abstract The flexible electrodes with excellent electrical and mechanical performance play critical and fundamental roles in the wearable electronics. In this work, highly conductive and fatigue‐free flexible copper thin‐film electrodes on polyethylene terephthalate substrate are successfully fabricated by a facile, nondestructive, and heat‐resistant dry transfer technique. Before the transfer process, the interface adhesive strength and electrical resistivity of Cu films on SiO 2 +Si substrates are weakened and optimized. The flexible copper film electrode exhibits extremely low electrical resistivity (ρ = 3.1 µΩ cm), which is much superior to the flexible film electrodes fabricated through using the paste agent. Additionally, the fatigue experimental results show that the film electrode possesses excellent flexibility with a bending radius of 10 mm over 500 cycles due to the formation of the special microwavy structure, and is competent for a service environment with alternating temperature (−40–110 °C). It presents that the outstanding performance of flexible Cu film electrode is competent for most wearable electronics. The preparation of the advanced film electrode accelerates progress of the flexible electronics.