Adhesive transparent electrode and method of fabricating the same
AssigneeIndustry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
InventorsJin Woo Park, Jin Hoon Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed are an adhesive transparent electrode and a method of fabricating the same. More particularly, an adhesive transparent electrode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate and an adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix, in which a metal nanowire network is embedded, deposited on the substrate, wherein the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix includes a silicone-based polymer including a silicone-based polymer base and a silicone-based polymer crosslinker; and a non-ionic surfactant.
Claims13
An adhesiveness transparent electrode comprising an adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix in which a metal nanowire network is embedded,
- wherein the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix comprises a silicone-based polymer comprising a silicone-based polymer base and a silicone-based polymer crosslinker;
- and a non-ionic surfactant,
- wherein a weight ratio of the silicone-based polymer base to the silicone-based polymer crosslinker is 10:1, and a weight ratio of the non-ionic surfactant in the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix is from 0.3 wt % to 0.4 wt %,
- wherein the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix comprises a heterogeneously crosslinked network composed of crosslinked silicone-based polymer and non-crosslinked silicone-based polymer and formed in the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix by the non-ionic surfactant,
- wherein Young's modulus and adhesion force of the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix having the heterogeneously crosslinked network formed therein is modulated by adding the non-ionic surfactant, and
- wherein Young's modulus of the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix is in a range of 31.7 kPa to 45 kPa.
A method of fabricating an adhesive transparent electrode, the method comprising:
- forming a metal nanowire network on a substrate;
- coating a dispersing solution comprising a silicone-based polymer base, a silicone-based polymer crosslinker, and a non-ionic surfactant on the substrate on which the metal nanowire network is formed;
- and
- heat-hardening the dispersing solution coated on the substrate, on which the metal nanowire network is formed, to form an adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix in which the metal nanowire network is embedded,
- wherein a weight ratio of the silicone-based polymer base to the silicone-based polymer crosslinker is 10:1, and a weight ratio of the non-ionic surfactant in the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix is from 0.3 wt % to 0.4 wt %,
- wherein the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix comprises a heterogeneously crosslinked network composed of crosslinked silicone-based polymer and non-crosslinked silicone-based polymer and formed in the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix by the non-ionic surfactant,
- wherein Young's modulus and adhesion force of the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix having the heterogeneously crosslinked network formed therein is modulated by adding the non-ionic surfactant, and
- wherein Young's modulus of the adhesive silicone-based polymer matrix is in a range of 31.7 kPa to 45 kPa.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.