Leaf Electronics: Nature-Based Substrates and Electrodes for Organic Electronic Applications

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Beitragende

Abstract

The need to reduce the environmental impact of inorganic electronic systems is pressing. Although the field of organic electronics provides a potential solution to this issue, research and optimization is still majorly carried out on glass or plastic substrates. Additionally, the fabrication of organic devices requiring transparent electrodes is fraught with complex techniques and expensive materials which limit widespread implementation and sustainability goals. Here, we show that the quasi-fractal lignocellulose structures extracted from natural leaves can be successfully modified to be used as biodegradable substrates as well as electrodes for optoelectronic applications. Chemically coating the microstructures of these leaf skeletons with metals results in quasi-transparent, flexible electrodes having sheet resistances below 1 Ω/□ and a concomitant current carrying capacity as high as 6 A over a 2.5 × 2.5cm2 leaf electrode, all while maintaining broadband optical transmittance values of around 80%.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelFLEPS 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, Proceedings
Herausgeber (Verlag)Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (elektronisch)9781665457330
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheIEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS)
ISSN2832-8248

Konferenz

Titel5th IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems
KurztitelFLEPS 2023
Veranstaltungsnummer5
Dauer9 - 12 Juli 2023
Webseite
OrtNortheastern University
StadtBoston
LandUSA/Vereinigte Staaten

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-3295-6675/work/159171572
ORCID /0000-0002-9773-6676/work/159171808

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • biodegradable, electronics, flexible, leaf, organic, printable, substrate