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Facile fabrication of stretchable Ag nanowire/polyurethane electrodes using high intensity pulsed light

Show Author's Information Yang Yang1,  Su Ding2,3,  Teppei Araki2( ),  Jinting Jiu2,  Tohru Sugahara2,  Jun Wang2,3,  Jan Vanfleteren1( ),  Tsuyoshi Sekitani2,  Katsuaki Suganuma2
Center for Microsystems TechnologyIMEC and Ghent University9052Gent-ZwijnaardeBelgium
The Institute of Scientific and Industrial ResearchOsaka UniversityIbaraki, Osaka567-0047Japan
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and JoiningHarbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin150001China
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silver nanowires, stretchable electrode, photonic sintering, nanofabrication
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Yang Y, Ding S, Araki T, et al. Facile fabrication of stretchable Ag nanowire/polyurethane electrodes using high intensity pulsed light. Nano Research, 2016, 9(2): 401-414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-015-0921-9
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Silver nanowires (AgNWs) have emerged as a promising nanomaterial for next generation stretchable electronics. However, until now, the fabrication of AgNWbased components has been hampered by complex and time-consuming steps. Here, we introduce a facile, fast, and one-step methodology for the fabrication of highly conductive and stretchable AgNW/polyurethane (PU) composite electrodes based on a high-intensity pulsed light (HIPL) technique. HIPL simultaneously improved wire–wire junction conductivity and wire–substrate adhesion at room temperature and in air within 50 μs, omitting the complex transfer–curing–implanting process. Owing to the localized deformation of PU at interfaces with AgNWs, embedding of the nanowires was rapidly carried out without substantial substrate damage. The resulting electrode retained a low sheet resistance (high electrical conductivity) of < 10 Ω/sq even under 100% strain, or after 1, 000 continuous stretching–relaxation cycles, with a peak strain of 60%. The fabricated electrode has found immediate application as a sensor for motion detection. Furthermore, based on our electrode, a light emitting diode (LED) driven by integrated stretchable AgNW conductors has been fabricated. In conclusion, our present fabrication approach is fast, simple, scalable, and costefficient, making it a good candidate for a future roll-to-roll process.


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Facile fabrication of stretchable Ag nanowire/polyurethane electrodes using high intensity pulsed light

Show Author's information Yang Yang1, Su Ding2,3, Teppei Araki2( ), Jinting Jiu2, Tohru Sugahara2, Jun Wang2,3, Jan Vanfleteren1( ), Tsuyoshi Sekitani2, Katsuaki Suganuma2
Center for Microsystems TechnologyIMEC and Ghent University9052Gent-ZwijnaardeBelgium
The Institute of Scientific and Industrial ResearchOsaka UniversityIbaraki, Osaka567-0047Japan
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and JoiningHarbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin150001China

Abstract

Silver nanowires (AgNWs) have emerged as a promising nanomaterial for next generation stretchable electronics. However, until now, the fabrication of AgNWbased components has been hampered by complex and time-consuming steps. Here, we introduce a facile, fast, and one-step methodology for the fabrication of highly conductive and stretchable AgNW/polyurethane (PU) composite electrodes based on a high-intensity pulsed light (HIPL) technique. HIPL simultaneously improved wire–wire junction conductivity and wire–substrate adhesion at room temperature and in air within 50 μs, omitting the complex transfer–curing–implanting process. Owing to the localized deformation of PU at interfaces with AgNWs, embedding of the nanowires was rapidly carried out without substantial substrate damage. The resulting electrode retained a low sheet resistance (high electrical conductivity) of < 10 Ω/sq even under 100% strain, or after 1, 000 continuous stretching–relaxation cycles, with a peak strain of 60%. The fabricated electrode has found immediate application as a sensor for motion detection. Furthermore, based on our electrode, a light emitting diode (LED) driven by integrated stretchable AgNW conductors has been fabricated. In conclusion, our present fabrication approach is fast, simple, scalable, and costefficient, making it a good candidate for a future roll-to-roll process.

Keywords: silver nanowires, stretchable electrode, photonic sintering, nanofabrication

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Received: 21 July 2015
Revised: 14 September 2015
Accepted: 13 October 2015
Published: 07 January 2016
Issue date: February 2016

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The authors would like to thank the members of Showa Denko K. K. for constructive discussions and encouragement. This work was supported by JSPS Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation, the Center of Innovation Program from Japan Science and Technology Agency of JST, JSPS KAKENHI (No. 15K21140), and the Flemish Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT)–through the program for Strategic Basic Research (SBO) under grant agreement n° 120024 (Self Sensing Composites).

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