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Title: Laser Processed Silver Nanowire Network Transparent Electrodes for Novel Electronic Devices
Authors: Spechler, Joshua Allen
Advisors: Arnold, Craig B
Contributors: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
Keywords: Electronic Materials
Silver Nanowires
Transparent Conductors
Subjects: Materials Science
Mechanical engineering
Nanotechnology
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University
Abstract: Silver nanowire network transparent conducting layers are poised to make headway into a space previously dominated by transparent conducting oxides due to the promise of a flexible, scaleable, lab-atmosphere processable alternative. However, there are many challenges standing in the way between research scale use and consumer technology scale adaptation of this technology. In this thesis we will explore many, and overcome a few of these challenges. We will address the poor conductivity at the narrow nanowire-nanowire junction points in the network by developing a laser based process to weld nanowires together on a microscopic scale. We address the need for a comparative metric for transparent conductors in general, by taking a device level rather than a component level view of these layers. We also address the mechanical, physical, and thermal limitations to the silver nanowire networks by making composites from materials including a colorless polyimide and titania sol-gel. Additionally, we verify our findings by integrating these processes into devices. Studying a hybrid organic/inorganic heterojunction photovoltaic device we show the benefits of a laser processed electrode. Green phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes fabricated on a solution phase processed silver nanowire based electrode show favorable device metrics compared to a conductive oxide electrode based control. The work in this thesis is intended to push the adoption of silver nanowire networks to further allow new device architectures, and thereby new device applications.
URI: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp013x816q020
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Type of Material: Academic dissertations (Ph.D.)
Language: en
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