Abstract
Flexible transparent conductive films (TCFs) of TiO2 nanosheet (TiO2 NS) and silver nanowire (Ag NW) network hybrid were prepared through a simple and scalable solution-based process. The as-formed TiO2 NS-Ag NW hybrid TCF shows a high optical transmittance (TT: 97% (90.2% including plastic substrate)) and low sheet resistance (Rs: 40 Ω/sq). In addition, the TiO2 NS-Ag NW hybrid TCF exhibits a long-time chemical/aging and electromechanical stability. As for the chemical/aging stability, the hybrid TCF of Ag NW and TiO2 NS reveals a retained initial conductivity (ΔRs/Rs < 1%) under ambient oxidant gas over a month, superior to that of bare Ag NW (δRs/Rs > 4000%) or RuO2 NS-Ag NW hybrid (δRs/Rs > 200%). As corroborated by the density functional theory simulation, the superb chemical stability of TiO2 NS-Ag NW hybrid is attributable to the unique role of TiO2 NS as a barrier, which prevents Ag NW's chemical corrosion via the attenuated adsorption of sulfidation molecules (H2S) on TiO2 NS. With respect to the electromechanical stability, in contrast to Ag NWs (δR/R0 152.9%), our hybrid TCF shows a limited increment of fractional resistivity (ΔR/R0 - 14.4%) after 200 000 cycles of the 1R bending test (strain: 6.7%) owing to mechanically welded Ag NW networks by TiO2 NS. Overall, our unique hybrid of TiO2 NS and Ag NW exhibits excellent electrical/optical properties and reliable chemical/electromechanical stabilities.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2688-2700 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Jan 24 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:H.S. acknowledges the research grant of Kwangwoon University in 2017. This work was supported by the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. This research was supported by Nano·Material Technology Development Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (2009-0082580). This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. NRF-2017R1A5A1015365). The SEM images were recorded by the assistance of E. J. Yang.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)