Anti-corrosion agents for transparent conductive film

A transparent conductive article comprising:

• a transparent polyethylene terephthalate support having coated thereon;
• a transparent conductive film comprising a random network of silver nanowires having an aspect ratio of from 20 to 3300 dispersed within a polymer binder in an amount sufficient to provide a surface resistivity of 500 ohm/sq or less and a transmittance of at least 70% across entire spectrum range of from about 350 nm to about 1100 nm;
• and
• the 1,2-diazine compound is represented by one or more of the structures (I-1), (I-2), (I-3), (I-4), and (II-3).

A process for the formation of a transparent conductive article comprising:

• preparing a dispersion of silver nanowires in a solution of 1,2-diazine compound and polymer binder;
• wherein the 1,2-diazine compound has the general structure (I) or (II);
• wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are be independently:
• hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group comprising up to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group comprising up to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group comprising up to 10 carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur atoms, a halogen atom (F, Cl, Br, or I), a hydroxyl group (OH), a thiol group (SH), a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group comprising up to 20 carbon atoms, an amino group (NR5R6) where R5 and R6 are independently a hydrogen, an alkyl group comprising up to 20 carbon atoms, or an aryl group comprising up to 10 carbon atoms, a thioether group (SR7) where R7 is an alkyl group comprising up to 20 carbon atoms, or an aryl group comprising up to 10 carbon atoms, a sulfoxy group (SOR7), a sulfone group (SO2R7), a carboxylic acid group (COOH) or a salt of a carboxylic acid (CO2−M+) where M+ is a cation (such as a metal cation, a quaternary ammonium cation or a quaternary phosphonium cation), a carboxamide group (CONR5R6), an acylamino group (NR5COR7), an acyl group (COR7), an acyloxy group (OCOR7), or a sulfonamido group (SO2NR5R6);
• or (R1 and R2) or (R2 and R3) or (R3 and R4) are joined together with 1 to 5 carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and/or oxygen atoms to form an alicylic or aromatic ring(s);
• coating, the dispersion of silver nanowires in the solution of 1,2-diazine compound and polymer binder onto a transparent support;
• and
• drying the coating on the support to form a random network of silver nanowires.