Hybrid transparent electrodes of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes: A low-temperature solution process

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tokuno, Takehiro ^a   Nogi, Masaya ^a   Jiu, Jinting ^a   Suganuma, Katsuaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Low temperature process; Silver nanowire; Solution process

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; PLASTIC FILMS; SHEET RESISTANCE; SILVER; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TEMPERATURE;

HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HYBRID ELECTRODES; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; LOW- TEMPERATURE PROCESS; SILVER NANOWIRES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); SOLUTION PROCESS;

TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

EID: 84864011832     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-281     Document Type: Article

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