Journal of Industrial Convergence (산업융합연구)

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Effects of Brush Coating of Ag Nanowire Solution and Annealing using Plasma Process for Flexible Electronic Devices

유연 전자소자용 금속 전극 제조를 위한 Ag Nanowire 용액의 Brush 코팅 및 플라즈마 공정을 이용한 어닐링

  • Kyoung-Bo Kim (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Inha Technical College)
  • 김경보 (인하공업전문대학 재료공학과)
  • Received : 2022.12.19
  • Accepted : 2023.03.20
  • Published : 2023.03.28
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Abstract

Recently, various studies on flexible electronic devices have been performed. In this study, the potential of Ag nanowires was evaluated as a material to replace the ITO transparent conductive film. Ag nanomaterials were formed on the glass by a novel brush coating method and an argon plasma evaporation method based on atmospheric pressure plasma. First, the Ag solution is coated on the glass with a brush, and the remaining solvent is removed with atmospheric plasma. During this process of solvent evaporation, a sound is generated by the reaction between the atmospheric plasma and the solvent. Therefore, the remaining amount of the solvent can be confirmed. In order to observe optical properties and electrical results such as reflectance, transmittance, and absorbance according to the number of coatings of the film, the results were analyzed by coating up to 5 times. For the purpose of investigating the interaction of light with Ag nanowires, reflectance and transmittance were measured while changing the wavelength of light from 200 nm to 800 nm. In the case of absorbance, the trend of increasing light absorption of the Ag nanowires according to the coating was clearly confirmed. The electrical properties showed a great change from the time of coating more than 4 times, and in particular, the resistance value was lower than kΩ/cm2 when the coating was applied 5 times. Based on these optical and electrical results, we plan to verify the possibility of a transparent conductive film by applying it to electronic devices in the future.

최근에 유연 전자소자에 대한 다양한 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서 유연 전자소자용 금속기반의 투명 전도막으로 Ag 나노와이어로 그 가능성을 평가하였다. 이를 위해 신개념의 브러시 코팅법과 상압플라즈마 기반의 아르곤 플라즈마 증발법으로 Ag 나노 물질을 글라스에 형성시켰다. 먼저 브러시로 Ag 용액을 글라스에 코팅하고, 남아있는 용매는 상압플라즈마로 제거한다. 이 용매 증발 과정에서 상압플라즈마와 용매의 반응에 의해 소리가 발생하기 때문에 용매의 남아있는 정도를 확인할 수 있다. 막의 코팅 횟수에 따른 반사도, 투과도, 흡수도와 같은 광특성 및 전기적인 결과들을 관찰하기 위하여 최대 5번 코팅하여 그 결과들을 분석하였다. 광에 의한 Ag 나노와이어와의 상호작용을 조사할 목적으로 빛의 파장을 200nm부터 800nm까지 변화시키면서 반사도 및 투과도를 측정하였으며, 반사도와 투과도 모두 5번 코팅한 샘플에서 가장 큰 변화를 나타내었다. 특히 흡수도의 경우 반사도나 투과도의 데이터와는 다르게 코팅에 따라 Ag 나노와이어의 빛에 대한 흡수도 증가 추이를 명확하게 확인할 수 있었다. 전기적인 특성은 4번 이상 코팅했을 때부터 큰 변화가 있었으며, 특히 5번 진행시 kΩ/cm2보다 낮아진 저항값을 보였다. 이러한 광 및 전기적인 결과들을 기반으로, 향후 전자소자에 적용하여 투명 전도막으로의 가능성을 검증할 계획이다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by INHA TECHNICAL COLLEGE Research Grant in 2022.

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