Surfactant-free and binder-free antimony-doped tin oxide （ATO） transparent conducting thin films were fabricated through spin coating and rapid annealing processes, in which nanosheets were assembled into a compact ...Surfactant-free and binder-free antimony-doped tin oxide （ATO） transparent conducting thin films were fabricated through spin coating and rapid annealing processes, in which nanosheets were assembled into a compact structure via self-contracting high pressure. The mechanism of this compact thin film for- mation was further proposed and analyzed. The compact ATO thin film had a low root mean square （RMS） roughness of 5.03 nm. This surfactant-free and binder-free compact ATO thin film delivered low resistivity of 3.04 × 10^-2 Ω cm, stable resistivity which only increased 13% after exposing in 65% RH air for half a month, high transmittance of 92.70% at 550 nm, and high band gap energy of 4.07 eV. This effective strategy will provide new insight into the synthesis of low-cost and high-performance compact thin films.展开更多
The flexible transparent conductive films （FrCFs） of silver nanowire-polyethylene terephthalate （AgNW- PET） were prepared by a facile method including vacuum filtration and mold transferring. The effect of silver ...The flexible transparent conductive films （FrCFs） of silver nanowire-polyethylene terephthalate （AgNW- PET） were prepared by a facile method including vacuum filtration and mold transferring. The effect of silver nanowire weight density on the optical and electrical properties of films, as well as the electrical percolation was investigated. The obtained typical AgNW-PET film exhibited high figure of merit of 31.3 × 10^-3 Ω^-1 with low sheet resistance of 4.95 D sq^-1 and high transparency at 550 nm of 83.0% （excluding PET substrate）. The resulting FTCFs based on PET substrate with high transmittance and low sheet resistance have a great potential in the application of high-performance flexible electronics and photovoltaic devices.展开更多
We developed flexible and transparent thin film heaters(TFHs)with a structure of AZO/AgSnOx/AZO/polyimide(PI)which exhibited superior stability under operational conditions.Ultrathin and robust doped silver(Ag)films w...We developed flexible and transparent thin film heaters(TFHs)with a structure of AZO/AgSnOx/AZO/polyimide(PI)which exhibited superior stability under operational conditions.Ultrathin and robust doped silver(Ag)films were produced by introducing a small amount of SnOx during the sputtering process.The AZO/Ag-SnOx/AZO stacks showed the best figure of merit value of 139.9,which was higher than that of ITO counterpart(25.5)with the same thickness.In addition,it exhibited excellent durability,which showed unaffected optical and electrical properties under the heat treatment of 500℃for 30 min in air,highly-accelerated tempe ratu re and humidity stress test(HAST)at 121℃and 97%RH for 36 h,10,000 times of scratching and 1500 times of inner and outer bending test.Furthermore,the TFHs based on AZO/Ag-SnOx/AZO/PI achieved a high temperature of 438.8℃with response time in several seconds,which outperformed most previous studies.The robust high-temperature TFHs in this research hold promising commercial applications in flexible and high temperature occasions.展开更多
One-dimensional silver nanocrystals （AgNCs） have been prepared by a polyol process using sodium hydroxide and nitric acid at a constant silver source concentration. Results indicate that the acidity- basicity plays ...One-dimensional silver nanocrystals （AgNCs） have been prepared by a polyol process using sodium hydroxide and nitric acid at a constant silver source concentration. Results indicate that the acidity- basicity plays an important role in silver-nanocrystal formation. Different morphologies of AgNCs were synthesized by changing the NaOH or HNO3 amount. We demonstrate that nearly monodisperse silver nanocrystals can be separated from polydisperse samples using density gradient centrifugation separation （DGCS）. We also demonstrate that the separated AgNCs can be used as substrates for surface- enhanced Raman scattering （SERS） spectroscopy. The separation approach provides a method of improving the nanocrystal quality produced by large-scale synthetic methods.展开更多
文摘Surfactant-free and binder-free antimony-doped tin oxide （ATO） transparent conducting thin films were fabricated through spin coating and rapid annealing processes, in which nanosheets were assembled into a compact structure via self-contracting high pressure. The mechanism of this compact thin film for- mation was further proposed and analyzed. The compact ATO thin film had a low root mean square （RMS） roughness of 5.03 nm. This surfactant-free and binder-free compact ATO thin film delivered low resistivity of 3.04 × 10^-2 Ω cm, stable resistivity which only increased 13% after exposing in 65% RH air for half a month, high transmittance of 92.70% at 550 nm, and high band gap energy of 4.07 eV. This effective strategy will provide new insight into the synthesis of low-cost and high-performance compact thin films.
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.21203226)Ningbo Key Laboratory of Silicon and Organic Thin Film Optoelectronic Technologies(Grant No.2014A22002)
文摘The flexible transparent conductive films （FrCFs） of silver nanowire-polyethylene terephthalate （AgNW- PET） were prepared by a facile method including vacuum filtration and mold transferring. The effect of silver nanowire weight density on the optical and electrical properties of films, as well as the electrical percolation was investigated. The obtained typical AgNW-PET film exhibited high figure of merit of 31.3 × 10^-3 Ω^-1 with low sheet resistance of 4.95 D sq^-1 and high transparency at 550 nm of 83.0% （excluding PET substrate）. The resulting FTCFs based on PET substrate with high transmittance and low sheet resistance have a great potential in the application of high-performance flexible electronics and photovoltaic devices.
基金supported financially by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFA0209200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61774160)+3 种基金the Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation(No.LY19F040003)the Ningbo Natural Science Foundation(Nos.2018A610142 and 2017A610063)the International Cooperation Program of Ningbo(No.2017D10005)the Program for Ningbo Municipal Science and Technology Innovative Research Team(No.2016B10005)。
文摘We developed flexible and transparent thin film heaters(TFHs)with a structure of AZO/AgSnOx/AZO/polyimide(PI)which exhibited superior stability under operational conditions.Ultrathin and robust doped silver(Ag)films were produced by introducing a small amount of SnOx during the sputtering process.The AZO/Ag-SnOx/AZO stacks showed the best figure of merit value of 139.9,which was higher than that of ITO counterpart(25.5)with the same thickness.In addition,it exhibited excellent durability,which showed unaffected optical and electrical properties under the heat treatment of 500℃for 30 min in air,highly-accelerated tempe ratu re and humidity stress test(HAST)at 121℃and 97%RH for 36 h,10,000 times of scratching and 1500 times of inner and outer bending test.Furthermore,the TFHs based on AZO/Ag-SnOx/AZO/PI achieved a high temperature of 438.8℃with response time in several seconds,which outperformed most previous studies.The robust high-temperature TFHs in this research hold promising commercial applications in flexible and high temperature occasions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21205127,21203226 and 21377063)
文摘One-dimensional silver nanocrystals （AgNCs） have been prepared by a polyol process using sodium hydroxide and nitric acid at a constant silver source concentration. Results indicate that the acidity- basicity plays an important role in silver-nanocrystal formation. Different morphologies of AgNCs were synthesized by changing the NaOH or HNO3 amount. We demonstrate that nearly monodisperse silver nanocrystals can be separated from polydisperse samples using density gradient centrifugation separation （DGCS）. We also demonstrate that the separated AgNCs can be used as substrates for surface- enhanced Raman scattering （SERS） spectroscopy. The separation approach provides a method of improving the nanocrystal quality produced by large-scale synthetic methods.
