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One-step synthesis of ultra-high aspect ratio silver nanowires for high-performance flexible transparent conductive films

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Silver nanowires (AgNWs) are promising candidate materials for flexible transparent conductive films (FTCFs), which are key parts in fabricating flexible optoelectronic devices. In the present work, we developed a modified polyol method, allowing simple and rapid synthesis of AgNWs with an ultra-high aspect ratio up to 2600, by adjusting the concentration of Cl− and Br−. Further, AgNWs–mixed cellulose ester membrane (MCE) FTCFs by vacuum filtration method were fabricated, exhibiting low sheet resistance of 6.53 Ω/sq and transmittance of 83.20%, which are comparable to those of typical indium tin oxide electrodes. Also, mechanical robustness results show the sheet resistance of the AgNWs–MCE film increased 16 and 2.8% after 300 times bending tests and 100 times of adhesion tests, respectively.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51505321 and 52075360).

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Zhai, X., Wang, W., Jia, J. et al. One-step synthesis of ultra-high aspect ratio silver nanowires for high-performance flexible transparent conductive films. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 15622–15632 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06111-1

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