Silver Nanowire Network Hybridized with Silver Nanoparticle-Anchored Ruthenium Oxide Nanosheets for Foldable Transparent Conductive Electrodes
- 22 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Vol. 13 (9), 11396-11402
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c19471
Abstract
Facile strategies in flexible transparent conductive electrode materials that can sustain their electrical conductivities under 1 mm-scale radius of curvature are required for wider applications such as foldable devices. We propose a rational design as well as a fabrication process for a silver nanowire-based transparent conductive electrode with low sheet resistance and high transmittance even after prolonged cyclic bending. The electrode is fabricated on a poly(ethylene terephthalate) film through the hybridization of silver nanowires with silver nanoparticles-anchored RuO2 nanosheets. This hybridization significantly improves the performance of the silver nanowire network under severe bending strain and creates an electrically percolative structure between silver nanowires and RuO2 nanosheets in the presence of anchored silver nanoparticles on the surface of RuO2 nanosheets. The resistance change of this hybrid transparent conductive electrode is 8.8% after 200,000 bending cycles at a curvature radius of 1 mm, making it feasible for use in foldable devices.Funding Information
- Kwangwoon University (the Research Resettlement Fund for the new faculty)
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2019R1A6A1A11055660, NRF-2019R1C1C1005632, NRF-2020R1F1A1071311)
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