Preparation of Conductive Ink with Silver Nanoparticles and Application in Transparent Conductive Films

Abstract:

The silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) with average diameter of 84nm are synthesized via a simple liquid phase reduction method in the mixture of water and ice. The conductive ink with good performance is formulated using the synthesized Ag NPs and its average sheet resistance reaches to 0.62Ω/□. Furthermore, the grid transparent conductive films (TCFs) with three different geometries are fabricated using the formulated conductive ink through flexographic printing, and the transparent and conductive properties are analyzed and compared, resulting in the comprehensive quality Q of 20um/ 400um hexagon grid (3.79) is relatively the highest.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1004-1005)
• Pages: 32-36
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1004-1005.32
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Wei Liu, Yan Fang Xu, Lu Hai Li*
• Keywords: Conductive Ink, Flexographic Printing, Grid Networks, Silver Nanoparticle, Transparent Conductive Films (TCFs)

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