Solution-Grown Silver Nanowire Ordered Arrays as Transparent Electrodes.

Sciacca, Beniamino; van de Groep, Jorik; Polman, Albert; Garnett, Erik C · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

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.