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Optimization of Printing Conditions Using Design Experiments for Minimization of Resistances of Electrodes in Roll-to-roll Gravure Printing Process

롤투롤 그라비어 방식의 인쇄 전극 저항 최소화를 위한 실험계획법 적용 인쇄 공정 조건 최적화

  • Lee, Sang Yoon (Department of Mechanical & Metallurgical Engineering Education, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Cheol (Department of Mechanical & Metallurgical Engineering Education, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Chung Hwan (Department of Mechanical & Metallurgical Engineering Education, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2017.07.10
  • Accepted : 2017.08.03
  • Published : 2017.08.15
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Abstract

The resistance of printed patterns for electrodes fabricated using printing technology should be minimized. This parameter depends on the pattern width and thickness; however, from the viewpoint of printability, the printed patterns should be printed at the designed width. The resistance of the printed patterns as well as printability is affected by various printing conditions. In this paper, the printing condition is optimized to minimize the resistance of electrodes printed by the roll-to-roll gravure method. This is done by considering the spread ratio of pattern width as a parameter of printability using design experiments. The drying temperature, dryer fan speed, and printing speed are selected as effective factors for the experiment objective. The optimized conditions are obtained and reproducibility test using these demonstrates that the optimized conditions can produce low-resistance electrodes for printability of the pattern width.

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