UV treatment of flexible copper nanowire mesh films for transparent conductor applications
dc.contributor.author | Lonne, Quentin | |
dc.contributor.author | Endrino, José L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, Zhaorong | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-16T15:33:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-13T15:33:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-10-30 | |
dc.description.abstract | Copper nanowires have the potential to reach and even exceed the indium tin oxide performances as flexible transparent conductive electrodes. However, for a large-scale production, they need to be fabricated in a high-speed, low-cost way, without degrading the flexible substrate. One of the major bottlenecks resides in the post-treatment used to remove organic residues from the surface of the nanowires after forming the transparent electrode, which is necessary to obtain high optoelectronic performances. Here, we propose an ultra-violet irradiation and a subsequent acetic acid bath as an easy, scalable, fast post-treatment. After only 2 min of ultra-violet treatment, followed by 10 min of acid bath, an Rs of 42 Ω sq−1 and a T 550 nm of 87% were measured. Besides, copper nanowire electrodes maintained their high transparency in the range 750–2500 nm, which makes them good candidates for applications such as infrared solar cells. | en_UK |
dc.identifier.citation | Lonne Q, Endrino J, Huang Z. (2017) UV treatment of flexible copper nanowire mesh films for transparent conductor applications. Nanoscale Research Letters, Volume 12, Issue 577, 2017, pp. 1-8 | en_UK |
dc.identifier.issn | 1931-7573 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-017-2343-y | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12748 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_UK |
dc.publisher | Springer | en_UK |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Copper nanowire | en_UK |
dc.subject | Transparent conductive electrodes | en_UK |
dc.subject | Ultra-violet treatment | en_UK |
dc.title | UV treatment of flexible copper nanowire mesh films for transparent conductor applications | en_UK |
dc.type | Article | en_UK |
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