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One step synthesis of silver nanowires used in preparation of conductive silver paste

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For mass preparation of conductive silver paste, a convenient approach to synthesize silver nanowires (Ag NWs) is presented. Monodisperse Ag NWs with ca. 40 nm in diameter and over 10 μm in length were successfully obtained in high yield only by heating a mixture of AgNO3, poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), ethylene glycol and HCl prepared previously. This method not only simplifies the conventional polyol process but also extremely improves its repeatability. More important, the patterns fabricated with the Ag NWs naturally have a high conductivity, up to ca. 13 % of bulk silver, due to the cross-linked network structure formed by accumulation of nanowires. The conductivity even can be improved to 41 % of bulk silver conductivity through a chemical sintering at room temperature, which makes us believe that the Ag NWs could be broadly applied in preparation of conductive paste.

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This work is supported by the Major Scientific and Technological Projects of Guangdong Province (2011A090200017) and National Natural Science Foundation of China [Supported by NSFC (No: 61240055)].

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No. 4, Section 2, North Jianshe Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

    Yao Tang, Wei He, Shouxu Wang, Zhihua Tao & Lijuan Cheng

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Tang, Y., He, W., Wang, S. et al. One step synthesis of silver nanowires used in preparation of conductive silver paste. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 25, 2929–2933 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-014-1961-8

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