Enhancement of electrical conductivity of silver nanowires-networked films via the addition of Cs-added TiO2.

This study proposes a novel method of improving the electrical conductivity of silver nanowires (NWs)-networked films for the application of transparent conductive electrodes. We applied Cs-added TiO2 (TiO2:Cs) nanoparticles onto Ag NWs, which caused the NWs to be neatly welded together through local melting at the junctions, according to our transmission and scanning electron microscopy analyses. Systematic comparison of the sheet resistance of the samples reveals that these welded NWs yielded a significant improvement in conductivity. OLED devices, fabricated by using the NW film planarized via embedding the wires into PMMA, demonstrated device performance was comparable with the reference sample with indium tin oxide electrode.