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PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS
Volume 244, Issue 11, Pages 4336-4340Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.200776186
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Transparent and conductive patterns of carboxyl functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT-COOHs) and the composites of those with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT-PSS) were deposited on various substrates by inkjet printing. For low print repetitions, the PEDOT-PSS/SWCNT-COOH composite patterns show enhanced conductance as compared to the corresponding PEDOT-PSS conductors. The results suggest a decreased percolation threshold for the printed composite since the nanotubes establish electrical interconnections between the separate PEDOT-PSS (conductive phase) islands being dispersed in the insulating PSS-phase. However, the interaction between PEDOT-PSS and SWCNTs becomes insignificant and the conductivity is not enhanced by the nanotubes, when the amount of PEDOT-PSS is sufficient to form a continuous conducting phase. Up to now, patterns having sheet resistivities as low as similar to 1 k Omega/square could be achieved. Though there is a trade-off between transparency and conductivity - we achieved highly transparent patterns (similar to 90%) with a reasonably low resistivity of similar to 10 k Omega/square. The ink and printing method proposed here offer new alternatives of conventional transparent conductive materials based on either polymers or indium oxides; and pose scaleable production of cost-effective transparent electronics. (c) 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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