Metal nanowires for transparent conductive electrodes in flexible chromatic devices: a review

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Contributors

  • Shengyun Huang - , Institut national de la recherche scientifique, McGill University (Author)
  • Yannan Liu - , Chair of Molecular Functional Materials (cfaed), Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), Institut national de la recherche scientifique (Author)
  • Fan Yang - , Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Stanford University (Author)
  • Yong Wang - , Institut national de la recherche scientifique (Author)
  • Ting Yu - , Institut national de la recherche scientifique (Author)
  • Dongling Ma - , Institut national de la recherche scientifique (Author)

Abstract

Smart electronics and optoelectronics such as smart windows, touch panels and solar cells have profoundly changed our lives over the last decade, as a result of the development of transparent conductive electrodes. In particular, indium tin oxide-based electrodes dominate the market of the electronic and optoelectronic devices, but these electrodes have limitations. For instance, indium ores are only found in a few countries, such as China, Peru and Canada, thus limiting the global competitiveness of some countries. Moreover, indium tin oxide is quite brittle and easy to crack, thus unsuitable in flexible electronics. These issues may be solved by developing metal nanowire-based transparent conductive electrodes, such as Cu, Ag and Au nanowire electrodes. Here, we review the latest advances for metal nanowire-based transparent conductive electrodes, including the strategies for the synthesis of metal nanowires, the preparation of metal nanowire films by various solution-based deposition processes and their practical applications as electrodes in diverse flexible chromic devices.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3005-3037
Number of pages33
JournalEnvironmental chemistry letters : official journal of the European Association of Chemistry and the Environment
Volume20
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

unpaywall 10.1007/s10311-022-01471-4
WOS 000819707800002
Mendeley a6b3048b-7e5b-3381-9e77-c3c22ea92330

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Keywords

  • Metal nanowires Transparent conductive electrodes Flexible chromic devices Electrochromic devices Suspended particle devices