A novel synthesis of silver nanowires by using 6-chlorohexylzinc bromide as an additive for low haze transparent conductive films

Ximin Yuan; Hongwei Yang; Yuxiu Li; Yunxiu Chao; Yao Li; Li Chen; Jialin Chen

doi:10.1039/c9ra02618e

A novel synthesis of silver nanowires by using 6-chlorohexylzinc bromide as an additive for low haze transparent conductive films

RSC Adv. 2019 Jun 17;9(33):18868-18873. doi: 10.1039/c9ra02618e. eCollection 2019 Jun 14.

Authors

Ximin Yuan¹, Hongwei Yang¹, Yuxiu Li¹, Yunxiu Chao¹, Yao Li¹, Li Chen¹, Jialin Chen¹

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies for Comprehensive Utilization of Platinum Metals, Kunming Institute of Precious Metals 650106 Kunming People's Republic of China nanolab@ipm.com.cn.

Abstract

High-quality silver nanowires (AgNWs) with a small diameter of ∼20 nm and a length of ∼40 μm were prepared by using a novel organic 6-chlorohexylzinc bromide as an assistant additive. The diameter of as-synthesized AgNWs was confirmed to be strongly dependent on the dosage of 6-chlorohexylzinc bromide. Moreover, a two-dimensional (2D) transparent conductive film (TCF) with an excellent optical performance was fabricated by as-synthesized AgNWs, which has a 90.3% transmittance and low haze value of <1.0% at a sheet resistance of 48.7 Ω sq^-1.