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

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2955-2963

  Hu, Liangbing ^a   Kim, Han Sun ^a   Lee, Jung Yong ^a   Peumans, Peter ^a   Cui, Yi ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible electronics; Metal nanowire; Scalable coating; Solar cells; Transparent electrode

Indexed keywords

AG NANOWIRES; CARBON NANOTUBE ELECTRODES; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FILM CONDUCTANCES; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; JUNCTION RESISTANCES; MECHANICAL ADHESION; MECHANICAL PRESSING; MECHANICAL STUDY; METAL NANOWIRE; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; OVERALL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; SCALABLE COATING; SILVER NANOWIRES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; THIN WIRES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; VISIBLE RANGE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COATINGS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTRODES; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; GOLD; ITO GLASS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SILVER;

EID: 77952936230     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1005232     Document Type: Article

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