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Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 14/2019

07-06-2019

Synthesis of silver nanowires with controlled diameter and their conductive thin films

Authors: Shah Fahad, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Ahsan Nazir, Raja Summe Ullah, Kaleem-ur-Rahman Naveed, Tarig Elshaarani, Bilal Ul Amin, Amin Khan, Sahid Mehmood

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Silver nanowires (AgNWs) with high uniformity and controlled morphology were synthesized by employing silver nitrate as precursor and ethylene glycol as reducing agent and solvent. Polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) was used as growth controlling agent and the synthetic process was carried out in salt free environment. The effect of reaction parameters like concentration of AgNO3 and the reaction temperature on the final morphology of AgNWs was studied. AgNWs obtained by changing different conditions were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), selected area electron diffraction pattern (SAED), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV–Vis spectroscopy. Synthesized AgNWs were coated on polyethylene terephthalate substrate by spin coating method to make thin conductive flexible film. The silver nanowires film was found to have a sheet resistance of 6.82 Ω/sq.
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Metadata
Title
Synthesis of silver nanowires with controlled diameter and their conductive thin films
Authors
Shah Fahad
Haojie Yu
Li Wang
Ahsan Nazir
Raja Summe Ullah
Kaleem-ur-Rahman Naveed
Tarig Elshaarani
Bilal Ul Amin
Amin Khan
Sahid Mehmood
Publication date
07-06-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 14/2019
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-01649-7

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