Journal
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 147, Issue 3, Pages 550-556Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2014.05.030
Keywords
A. Electronic materials; B. Sintering; C. Electron microscopy; D. Electrical properties
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21205127, 61275114]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LY12E02009]
- Ningbo Innovative Research Team Program [2009B21005, 2011B82005]
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Silver nanoparticles with a mean diameter of approximately 30 nm were synthesized by reduction of silver nitrate with triethanolamine in the presence of polyacrylic acid. Silver nanoparticle-based ink was prepared by dispersing silver nanoparticles into a mixture of water and ethylene glycol. The mechanism for the dispersion and aggregation of silver nanoparticles in ink is discussed. The strong electrostatic repulsions of the carboxylate anions of the adsorbed polyacrylic acid molecules disturbed the aggregation of metal particles in solutions with a high pH value (pH > 5). An inkjet printer was used to deposit this silver nanoparticle-based ink to form silver patterns on photo paper. The actual printing qualities of the silver tracks were then analyzed by variation of printing passes, sintering temperature and time. The results showed that sintering temperature and time are associated strongly with the conductivity of the inkjet-printed conductive patterns. The conductivity of printed patterns sintered at 150 degrees C increased to 2.1 x 10(7) S m(-1), which was approximately one third that of bulk silver. In addition, silver tracks on paper substrate also showed better electrical performance after folding. This study demonstrated that the resulting ink-jet printed patterns can be used as conductive tracks in flexible electronic devices. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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