title: Highly conductive interwoven carbon nanotube and silver nanowire transparent electrodes.
abstract: Electrodes fabricated using commercially available silver nanowires (AgNWs) and single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) produced sheet resistances in the range 4-24 Ω □-1with specular transparencies up to 82 %. Increasing the aqueous dispersibility of SWCNTs decreased the bundle size present in the film resulting in improved SWCNT surface dispersion in the films without compromising transparency or sheet resistance. In addition to providing conduction pathways between the AgNW network, the SWCNTs also provide structural support, creating stable self-supporting films. Entanglement of the AgNWs and SWCNTs was demonstrated to occur in solution prior to deposition by monitoring the transverse plasmon resonance mode of the AgNWs during processing. The interwoven AgNW/SWCNT structures show potential for use in optoelectronic applications as transparent electrodes and as an ITO replacement.
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Stapleton
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Rakesh A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Afre
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Amanda V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Joe G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Shapter
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Gunther G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Jamie S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Quinton
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lewis
keywords: 10.06; 10.10; 10.11; electrodes; nanotubes; nanowires; silver; transparent