Large-Scale Synthesis of Well-Dispersed Copper Nanowires in an Electric Pressure Cooker and Their Application in Transparent and Conductive Networks

We present a novel large-scale synthetic method for well-separated copper nanowires (CuNWs) in a commercial electric pressure cooker under mild reaction conditions. CuNWs (similar to 2.1 g) can be prepared in a batch with the cost of $4.20/g. Well-dispersed polyvinylpyrrolidone-capped CuNWs were obtained via a ligand-exchange method. The transparent and conductive CuNW networks with excellent electrical conductivity and high optical transmittance (30 Omega/square at 86% transmittance, respectively) were fabricated by a spin-coating process.