Polymer-Assisted Direct Deposition of Uniform Carbon Nanotube Bundle Networks for High Performance Transparent Electrodes

Sondra L. Hellstrom; Hang Woo Lee; Zhenan Bao

doi:10.1021/nn9002456

Polymer-Assisted Direct Deposition of Uniform Carbon Nanotube Bundle Networks for High Performance Transparent Electrodes

Sondra L. Hellstrom, Hang Woo Lee, Zhenan Bao

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Abstract

Flexible transparent electrodes are crucial for touch screen, flat panel display, and solar cell technologies. While carbon nanotube network electrodes show promise, characteristically poor dispersion properties have limited their practicality. We report that addition of small amounts of conjugated polymer to nanotube dispersions enables straightforward fabrication of uniform network electrodes by spin-coating and simultaneous tuning of parameters such as bundle size and density. After treatment in thionyl chloride, electrodes have sheet resistances competitive with other reported carbon nanotube based transparent electrodes to date. © 2009 American Chemical Society.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1423-1430
Number of pages	8
Journal	ACS Nano
Volume	3
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nn9002456
State	Published - May 7 2009
Externally published	Yes

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-C1-015-21
Acknowledgements: S.L.H. would like to thank the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for funding. Additionally, Dr. Melburne LeMieux, Mike Rowell, Dr. Mark Topinka, and Dr. Mike McGehee provided useful insight. We would like to thank Stanford University Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) and Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. This publication was partially based on work supported by the Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics (Award No KUS-C1-015-21), made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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