Flexible transparent conducting hybrid film using a surface-embedded copper nanowire network: A highly oxidation-resistant copper nanowire electrode for flexible optoelectronics

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10973-10979

  Im, Hyeon Gyun ^a   Jung, Soo Ho ^a,b   Jin, Jungho ^a   Lee, Dasom ^a   Lee, Jaemin ^a   Lee, Daewon ^a   Lee, Jung Yong ^a   Kim, Il Doo ^a   Bae, Byeong Soo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

copper nanowire; flexible substrate; OLED; transparent conducting electrode

Indexed keywords

COPPER; NANOWIRES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); OXIDATION RESISTANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

COPPER NANOWIRES; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; FLEXIBLE OPTOELECTRONICS; FLEXIBLE ORGANIC LIGHT - EMITTING DIODES; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; OLED; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING ELECTRODES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING FILMS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84908423974     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn504883m     Document Type: Article

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