Low haze transparent electrodes and highly conducting air dried films with ultra-long silver nanowires synthesized by one-step polyol method

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 236-245

  Araki, Teppei ^a   Jiu, Jinting ^a   Nogi, Masaya ^a   Koga, Hirotaka ^a   Nagao, Shijo ^a   Sugahara, Tohru ^a   Suganuma, Katsuaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

haze; one step synthesis; transparent electrodes; ultra long silver nanowires

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894386608     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0391-x     Document Type: Article

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