The Electro-Optical Performance of Silver Nanowire Networks.

ABSTRACT: Networks of metallic nanowires have the potential to meet the needs of next-generation device technologies that require flexible transparent conductors. At present, there does not exist a first principles model capable of predicting the electro-optical performance of a nanowire network. Here we combine an electrical model derived from fundamental material properties and electrical equations with an optical model based on Mie theory scattering of light by small particles. This approach enables the generation of analogues for any nanowire network and then accurately predicts, without the use of fitting factors, the optical transmittance and sheet resistance of the transparent electrode. Predictions are validated using experimental data from the literature of networks comprised of a wide rang

SUBMITTER: Manning HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6689048 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature