title: Solution-Grown Silver Nanowire Ordered Arrays as Transparent Electrodes.
abstract: A transparent conducting film composed of regular networks of silver nanowires is obtained by combining a soft solution process (Tollens' reaction) and nanoimprint lithography. The solution-grown nanowire networks show a threefold higher conductivity than grids obtained by metal evaporation. This is due to the larger grain size in the solution-grown nanowires, which results in a strong reduction of electron scattering by grain boundaries.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Beniamino
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sciacca
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jorik
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van de Groep
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polman
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Erik C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Garnett
keywords: grain boundary scattering; imprint lithography; nanowire networks; solution-based processes; transparent electrodes