Novel Flexible Transparent Conductive Films with Enhanced Chemical and Electromechanical Sustainability: TiO2 Nanosheet-Ag Nanowire Hybrid

Hiesang Sohn; Seyun Kim; Weonho Shin; Jong Min Lee; Hyangsook Lee; Dong Jin Yun; Kyoung Seok Moon; In Taek Han; Chan Kwak; Seong Ju Hwang

doi:10.1021/acsami.7b13224

Novel Flexible Transparent Conductive Films with Enhanced Chemical and Electromechanical Sustainability: TiO₂ Nanosheet-Ag Nanowire Hybrid

Hiesang Sohn, Seyun Kim, Weonho Shin, Jong Min Lee, Hyangsook Lee, Dong Jin Yun, Kyoung Seok Moon, In Taek Han, Chan Kwak, Seong Ju Hwang

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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 (R_s: 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 (ΔR_s/R_s < 1%) under ambient oxidant gas over a month, superior to that of bare Ag NW (δR_s/R_s > 4000%) or RuO₂ NS-Ag NW hybrid (δR_s/R_s > 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
Pages (from-to)	2688-2700
Number of pages	13
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b13224
Publication status	Published - 2018 Jan 24

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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.

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© 2017 American Chemical Society.

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