A scalable fabrication of highly transparent and conductive thin films using fluorosurfactant-assisted single-walled carbon nanotube dispersions

Carbon

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 259-266

  Jung, Hyuck ^a   Yu, Jong Su ^a   Lee, Hawn Pyo ^a   Kim, Ji Min ^a   Park, Jun Young ^a   Kim, Dojin ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CNT DISPERSION; CNT FILMS; DODECYLBENZENE SULFONATES; DRYING PROCESS; FLUORO-SURFACTANT; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LARGE-AREA COATING; UNIFORM FILMS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COATINGS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TENSION; THIN FILMS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84869501409     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.09.027     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. D.R. Cairns, R.P. Witte, D.K. Sparacin, S.M. Sachsman, D.C. Paine, and G.P. Crawford Strain-dependent electrical resistance of tin-doped indium oxide on polymer substrates Appl Phys Lett 76 11 2000 1425 1427
2. A. Chipman A commodity no more Nature 449 7159 2007 131 (Pubitemid 47402337)
3. Y. Leterrier, L. Medico, F. Demarco, J.A.E. Manson, U. Betz, and M.F. Escola Mechanical integrity of transparent conductive oxide films for flexible polymer-based displays Thin Solid Films 460 1-2 2004 156 166
4. J.E. Fischer, H. Dai, A. Thess, R. Lee, N.M. Hanjani, and D.L. Dehaas Metallic resistivity in crystalline ropes of single-wall carbon nanotubes Phys Rev B 55 8 1997 R4921 R4924
5. N. Kouklin, M. Tzolov, D. Straus, A. Yin, and J.M. Xu Infrared absorption properties of carbon nanotubes synthesized by chemical vapor deposition Appl Phys Lett 85 19 2004 4463 4465 (Pubitemid 40001547)
6. B.I. Yakobson, and P. Avouris Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes Top Appl Phys 80 2001 287 327
7. K.M. Liew, C.H. Wong, X.Q. He, and M.J. Tan Thermal stability of single and multi-walled carbon nanotubes Phys Rev B 71 7 2005 075424 75426
8. J. Li, L. Hu, L. Wang, Y. Zhou, G. Gruner, and T.J. Marks Organic light-emitting diodes having carbon nanotube anodes Nano Lett 6 11 2006 2472 2477 (Pubitemid 46076935)
9. A. Maeda, S. Matsumoto, H. Kishida, T. Takenobu, Y. Iwasa, and M. Shiraishi Large optical nonlinearity of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes under resonant excitations Phys Rev Lett 94 4 2005 047404
10. A.D. Pasquier, H.E. Unalan, A. Kanwal, S. Miller, and M. Chhowalla Conducting and transparent single-wall carbon nanotube electrodes for polymer-fullerene solar cells Appl Phys Lett 87 20 2005 203511
11. S. De, P.E. Lyons, S. Sorel, E.M. Doherty, P.J. King, and W.J. Blau Transparent, flexible, and highly conductive thin films based on polymer - nanotube composites Acs Nano 3 3 2009 714 720
12. J.H. Yim, Y.S. Kim, K.H. Koh, and S. Lee Fabrication of transparent single wall carbon nanotube films with low sheet resistance J Vac Sci Technol B 26 2 2008 851 855 (Pubitemid 351474208)
13. M.H.A. Ng, L.T. Hartadi, H. Tan, and C.H.P. Poa Efficient coating of transparent and conductive carbon nanotube thin films on plastic substrates Nanotechnology 19 20 2008
14. N.P. Armitage, J.C.P. Gabriel, and G. Gruner Quasi-Langmuir-Blodgett thin film deposition of carbon nanotubes J Appl Phys 95 6 2004 3228 3230
15. H.Z. Geng, K.K. Kim, K.P. So, Y.S. Lee, Y. Chang, and Y.H. Lee Effect of acid treatment on carbon nanotube-based flexible transparent conducting films J Am Chem Soc 129 25 2007 7758 7759 (Pubitemid 46998166)
16. E.D. Cohen Choosing the coating method E.D. Cohen, E.B. Gutoff, Modern coating and drying technology 1992 Wiley-VCH New York 6 7
17. R.D. Deegan, O. Bakajin, T.F. Dupont, G. Huber, S.R. Nagel, and T.A. Witten Capillary flow as the cause of ring stains from dried liquid drops Nature 389 6653 1997 827 829 (Pubitemid 27462971)
18. S.M. Gubanski, and A.E. Vlastos Wettability of naturally aged silicone and EPDM composite insulators IEEE T Power Deliver 5 3 1990 1527 1535
19. H. Hillborg, J.F. Ankner, U.W. Gedde, G.D. Smith, H.K. Yasuda, and K. Wikstrom Crosslinked polydimethylsiloxane exposed to oxygen plasma studied by neutron reflectometry and other surface specific techniques Polymer 41 18 2000 6851 6863 (Pubitemid 30345375)
20. T. Kitano, Y. Maeda, and T. Akasaka Preparation of transparent and conductive thin films of carbon nanotubes using a spreading/coating technique Carbon 47 15 2009 3559 3565
21. B. Dan, G.C. Irvin, and M. Pasquali Continuous and scalable fabrication of transparent conducting carbon nanotube films Acs Nano 3 4 2009 835 843
22. R. Rastogi, R. Kaushal, S.K. Tripathi, A.L. Sharma, I. Kaur, and L.M. Bharadwaj Comparative study of carbon nanotube dispersion using surfactants J Colloid Interf Sci 328 2 2008 421 428
23. D. Nouy, and P. Lecomte An interfacial tensiometer for universal use J Gen Physiol 7 5 1925 625 633
24. E. Kissa Fluorinated surfactants and repellents 2nd ed. 2001 Marcel Dekker New York
25. R.D. Deegan Pattern formation in drying drops Phys Rev E 61 1 2000 475 485
26. R.D. Deegan, O. Bakajin, T.F. Dupont, G. Huber, S.R. Nagel, and T.A. Witten Contact line deposits in an evaporating drop Phys Rev E 62 1 2000 756 765
27. H. Hu, and R.G. Larson Evaporation of a sessile droplet on a substrate J Phys Chem B 106 6 2002 1334 1344 (Pubitemid 35276098)
28. H. Hu, and R.G. Larson Marangoni effect reverses coffee-ring depositions J Phys Chem B 110 14 2006 7090 7094
29. J. Park, and J. Moon Control of colloidal particle deposit patterns within picoliter droplets ejected by ink-jet printing Langmuir 22 8 2006 3506 3513 (Pubitemid 43672518)
30. T. Still, P.J. Yunker, and A.G. Yodh Surfactant-induced marangoni eddies alter the coffee-rings of evaporating colloidal drops Langmuir 28 11 2012 4984 4988
31. B.J. Fischer Particle convection in an evaporating colloidal droplet Langmuir 18 1 2002 60 67 (Pubitemid 35382279)
32. L. Hu, D.S. Hecht, and G. Gruner Percolation in transparent and conducting carbon nanotube networks Nano Lett 4 12 2004 2513 2517 (Pubitemid 40002395)
33. D. Hecht, L.B. Hu, and G. Gruner Conductivity scaling with bundle length and diameter in single walled carbon nanotube networks Appl Phys Lett 89 13 2006 133112
34. M.F. Islam, E. Rojas, D.M. Bergey, A.T. Johnson, and A.G. Yodh High weight fraction surfactant solubilization of single-wall carbon nanotubes in water Nano Lett 3 2 2003 269 273 (Pubitemid 37130551)
35. J. Li, P.C. Ma, W.S. Chow, C.K. To, B.Z. Tang, and J.K. Kim Correlations between percolation threshold, dispersion state, and aspect ratio of carbon nanotubes Adv Funct Mater 17 16 2007 3207 3215 (Pubitemid 350099953)
36. Z. Sun, V. Nicolosi, D. Rickard, S.D. Bergin, D. Aherne, and J.N. Coleman Quantitative evaluation of surfactant-stabilized single-walled carbon nanotubes: dispersion quality and its correlation with zeta potential J Phys Chem C 112 29 2008 10692 10699
37. H.C. Choi, M. Shim, S. Bangsaruntip, and H.J. Dai Spontaneous reduction of metal ions on the sidewalls of carbon nanotubes J Am Chem Soc 124 31 2002 9058 9059 (Pubitemid 34847660)
38. S.B. Yang, B.S. Kong, D.W. Kim, and H.T. Jung Comparison of the stability of surface-modified SWCNTs and DWNTs network films J Phys Chem C 114 10 2010 4394 4398
39. G.S. Choi, Y.S. Kim, H.S. Jung, S.W. Jang, and N.S. Kim Micron-sized hollow plastic pigment Polym-Korea 33 5 2009 463 468
40. H. Jung, S.Y. An, J.S. Lim, and D. Kim Transparent conductive thin film synthesis based on single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersion containing polymethylmethacrylate binder J Nanosci Nanotechnol 11 7 2011 6345 6349