Vapor dealloying of ultra-thin films: a promising concept for the fabrication of highly flexible transparent conductive metal nanomesh electrodes

Flexible transparent metal nanomeshes via vapor dealloying A simple chemical vapor treatment method has been developed to fabricate highly transparent and flexible conducting electrodes with Au-Cu alloy. A team of scientists led by Prof Abdel-Aziz El Mel from Université de Nantes, CNRS, France devel...

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Autores principales: Adrien Chauvin, Willigis Txia Cha Heu, Joze Buh, Pierre-Yves Tessier, Abdel-Aziz El Mel
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:48284c94526b407e96c65d79feea9a2b2021-12-02T13:43:48ZVapor dealloying of ultra-thin films: a promising concept for the fabrication of highly flexible transparent conductive metal nanomesh electrodes10.1038/s41528-019-0049-12397-4621https://doaj.org/article/48284c94526b407e96c65d79feea9a2b2019-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41528-019-0049-1https://doaj.org/toc/2397-4621Flexible transparent metal nanomeshes via vapor dealloying A simple chemical vapor treatment method has been developed to fabricate highly transparent and flexible conducting electrodes with Au-Cu alloy. A team of scientists led by Prof Abdel-Aziz El Mel from Université de Nantes, CNRS, France develop a cheap ‘vapor de-alloying’ approach to make flexible transparent conductive electrodes. They find that the nitric acidic vapor can gradually etch the ultra-thin Au-Cu alloy thin films and form holey yet continuous metal nanomesh electrodes. As a result, the electrodes show high transmittance of 79% and low sheet resistance of 44 ohm per square, comparable to conventional indium tin oxide. Remarkably, the nanomesh electrodes pass stringent mechanical deformation test of 10,000 cycles at a bending radius of 6 mm. This approach provides a nice alternative to make transparent conductive electrodes with high flexibility and bendability.Adrien ChauvinWilligis Txia Cha HeuJoze BuhPierre-Yves TessierAbdel-Aziz El MelNature PortfolioarticleElectronicsTK7800-8360Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materialsTA401-492ENnpj Flexible Electronics, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019)
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topic Electronics
TK7800-8360
Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
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Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
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Adrien Chauvin
Willigis Txia Cha Heu
Joze Buh
Pierre-Yves Tessier
Abdel-Aziz El Mel
Vapor dealloying of ultra-thin films: a promising concept for the fabrication of highly flexible transparent conductive metal nanomesh electrodes
description Flexible transparent metal nanomeshes via vapor dealloying A simple chemical vapor treatment method has been developed to fabricate highly transparent and flexible conducting electrodes with Au-Cu alloy. A team of scientists led by Prof Abdel-Aziz El Mel from Université de Nantes, CNRS, France develop a cheap ‘vapor de-alloying’ approach to make flexible transparent conductive electrodes. They find that the nitric acidic vapor can gradually etch the ultra-thin Au-Cu alloy thin films and form holey yet continuous metal nanomesh electrodes. As a result, the electrodes show high transmittance of 79% and low sheet resistance of 44 ohm per square, comparable to conventional indium tin oxide. Remarkably, the nanomesh electrodes pass stringent mechanical deformation test of 10,000 cycles at a bending radius of 6 mm. This approach provides a nice alternative to make transparent conductive electrodes with high flexibility and bendability.
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author Adrien Chauvin
Willigis Txia Cha Heu
Joze Buh
Pierre-Yves Tessier
Abdel-Aziz El Mel
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Joze Buh
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title Vapor dealloying of ultra-thin films: a promising concept for the fabrication of highly flexible transparent conductive metal nanomesh electrodes
title_short Vapor dealloying of ultra-thin films: a promising concept for the fabrication of highly flexible transparent conductive metal nanomesh electrodes
title_full Vapor dealloying of ultra-thin films: a promising concept for the fabrication of highly flexible transparent conductive metal nanomesh electrodes
title_fullStr Vapor dealloying of ultra-thin films: a promising concept for the fabrication of highly flexible transparent conductive metal nanomesh electrodes
title_full_unstemmed Vapor dealloying of ultra-thin films: a promising concept for the fabrication of highly flexible transparent conductive metal nanomesh electrodes
title_sort vapor dealloying of ultra-thin films: a promising concept for the fabrication of highly flexible transparent conductive metal nanomesh electrodes
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