A 250-mm-width, flexible, and continuous roll-to-roll slot-die coated carbon nanotube/silver nanowire film fabrication and a study on the effect of anti-reflective overcoat

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 598, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-102

  Shin, Keehyun ^a   Park, Janghoon ^a   Lee, Changwoo ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Changwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti reflection; Large area coating; Roll to roll system; Slot die coating; Transparent conductive film

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; SHEET RESISTANCE; WASHING; YARN;

ANTI REFLECTION; LARGE-AREA COATING; ROLL-TO-ROLL SYSTEMS; SLOT-DIE COATINGS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILMS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84959300089     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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