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Electro-optical properties of silver nanowire thin film

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High electrical conductivity, high transparency and mechanical flexibility are important properties in generations of transparent conductive electrodes. Currently the most efficient and widely used transparent conductive material is Indium Tin Oxide. Searching for alternative materials has been being followed due to the lack of Indium resources, ITO inflexibility and its high manufacturing costs. In the present study, silver nanowire as a promising alternative to ITO was synthesized through polyol method and then silver nanowire layer was applied on glassy substrates using drop-casting method. Adhesion between the layer and the substrate was established using polyaniline. Characterization of the thin film was conducted using X-ray diffraction methods, field emission scanning electron microscopy, UV–Vis spectroscopy and a four-point probe. The results show that corrective deoxidation operations and separation of nanowires from nanoparticles, leads to an increase in transparency from 79 to 81.4% and decrease sheet resistance of 89 to 76 Ω/□.

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by MS, AE and AAA. The first draft of the manuscript was written by MS and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Saeidi, M., Eshaghi, A. & Aghaei, A.A. Electro-optical properties of silver nanowire thin film. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 110 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09621-8

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