Transparent conductors comprising metal nanowires
AssigneeCambrios Technologies Corporation
InventorsJonathan S. Alden, Haixia Dai, Michael R. Knapp, Shuo Na, Hash Pakbaz, Florian Pschenitzka, Xina Quan, Michael A. Spaid, Adrian Winoto, Jeffrey Wolk
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Abstract
A transparent conductor including a conductive layer coated on a substrate is described. More specifically, the conductive layer comprises a network of nanowires which may be embedded in a matrix. The conductive layer is optically transparent and flexible. It can be coated or laminated onto a variety of substrates, including flexible and rigid substrates.
Claims39
A transparent conductor comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a conductive layer on the substrate, the conductive layer including a plurality of metal nanowires, wherein the metal nanowires intersect and form a plurality of nanowire crossing points, and wherein at least one of the intersecting nanowires at a nanowire crossing point has a flattened cross section formed by the intersecting nanowires pressing into each other at the nanowire crossing point.
A transparent conductor comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a conductive layer on the substrate, the conductive layer including a plurality of metal nanowires, wherein the metal nanowires are pre-coated with one or more corrosion inhibitors.
A laminated structure comprising:
- a flexible donor substrate;
- and
- a conductive layer including a matrix embedded with a plurality of metal nanowires, wherein the metal nanowires intersect and form a plurality of nanowire crossing points, and wherein at least one of the intersecting nanowires at a nanowire crossing point has a flattened cross section formed by intersecting nanowires pressing into each other at the nanowire crossing point.
A display device comprising at least one transparent electrode having a conductive layer, the conductive layer including a plurality of metal nanowires, wherein the metal nanowires intersect and form a plurality of nanowire crossing points, and wherein at least one of the intersecting nanowires at a nanowire crossing point has a flattened cross section formed by the intersecting nanowires pressing into each other at the nanowire crossing point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.