A facile and eco-friendly synthesis of graphene-silver hybrid materials for transparent conductive films

Ceramics International

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 983-989

  Myekhlai, Munkhshur ^a   Lee, Sinil ^a   Lee, Taejin ^a   Chung, Hanshik ^a   Jeong, Hyomin ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Graphene silver nanoparticles (GN AgNPs) hybrid material; Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs); Transparent conductive film (TCF)

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILMS; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN; TIN OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; FLUORINE TIN OXIDES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILMS;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 84922981431     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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