Uniform self-forming metallic network as a high-performance transparent conductive electrode

Bing Han; Ke Pei; Yuanlin Huang; Xiaojian Zhang; Qikun Rong; Qinggeng Lin; Yangfei Guo; Tianyi Sun; Chuanfei Guo; David Carnahan; Michael Giersig; Yang Wang; Jinwei Gao; Zhifeng Ren; Krzysztof Kempa

doi:10.1002/adma.201302950

Uniform self-forming metallic network as a high-performance transparent conductive electrode

Adv Mater. 2014 Feb 12;26(6):873-7. doi: 10.1002/adma.201302950. Epub 2013 Oct 23.

Authors

Bing Han¹, Ke Pei, Yuanlin Huang, Xiaojian Zhang, Qikun Rong, Qinggeng Lin, Yangfei Guo, Tianyi Sun, Chuanfei Guo, David Carnahan, Michael Giersig, Yang Wang, Jinwei Gao, Zhifeng Ren, Krzysztof Kempa

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Advanced Materials (IAM) Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.

PMID: 24510662
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302950

Abstract

A transparent, conductive, and flexible electrode is demonstrated. It is based on an inexpensive and easily manufacturable metallic network formed by depositing metals onto a template film. This electrode shows excellent electro-optical properties, with the figure of merit ranging from 300 to 700, and transmittance from 82% (~4.3 Ω sq(-1) ) to 45% (~0.5 Ω sq(-1) ).

Keywords: crack template; patterning; touch-screen displays; transparent conductive electrode.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't