ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT OF TRANSPARENT SILVER NANOWIRE FILMS ON TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES USING INTENSE PULSED ION BEAM.

Abstract

Silver nanowire (AgNW) networks have attracted particular attention as transparent conductive films (TCF) due to their high conductivity, flexibility, transparency, and large scale processing compatible synthesis. As-prepared AgNW percolating networks typically suffer from high contact resistance, requiring additional post-synthetic processing. In this report, large area irradiation with 200 ns short intense pulsed ion beam (IPIB) was used to anneal and enhance the conductivity of AgNW network, deposited on temperature-sensitive polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate...