Flexible transparent electrodes based on silver nanowires synthesized via a simple method

Effective passivation of Ag nanowire-based flexible transparent conducting electrode by TiO2 nanoshell

Silver nanowire-based flexible transparent electrodes have critical problem, in spite of their excellent electrical and optical properties, that the electrical conductance and transparency degrade within several days in air because of oxidation of silver. To prevent the degradation of the silver nanowire, we encapsulated Ag-NWs with thin TiO2 barrier. Bar-coated silver nanowires on flexible pol...

Next Generation Solar Cells using Flexible Transparent Electrodes Based on Silver Nanowires and Graphene

Scalable coating and properties of transparent, flexible, silver nanowire electrodes.

We report a comprehensive study of transparent and conductive silver nanowire (Ag NW) electrodes, including a scalable fabrication process, morphologies, and optical, mechanical adhesion, and flexibility properties, and various routes to improve the performance. We utilized a synthesis specifically designed for long and thin wires for improved performance in terms of sheet resistance and optica...

Template-free and filamentary growth of silver nanowires: application to anisotropic conductive transparent flexible electrodes.

Silver nanowires (NWs) are currently fabricated via template-free or template-assisted methods. The former is based on a medium-mediated anisotropic synthesis, which enables precursor atoms to be selectively adsorbed onto specific crystallographic planes, and the latter is performed via directional growth guided by preformed templates. These methods are costly and complicated. We outline a faci...

Facile Synthesis of Silver Nanowires with Different Aspect Ratios and Used as High-Performance Flexible Transparent Electrodes

Silver nanowires (Ag NWs) are the promising materials to fabricate flexible transparent electrodes, aiming to replace indium tin oxide (ITO) in the next generation of flexible electronics. Herein, a feasible polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-mediated polyol synthesis of Ag NWs with different aspect ratios is demonstrated and high-quality Ag NWs transparent electrodes (NTEs) are fabricated without high...