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Superwettability-Induced Confined Reaction towards High-Performance Flexible Electrodes

Update time:2016-05-01

To find a general strategy to realize confinement of conductive layer for high-performance flexible electrode, with improved interfacial adhesion and high conductivity, is of important scientific significance. In this work, superwettability-induced confined reaction is used to fabricate high-performance flexible Ag/polymer electrodes, showing significantly improved silver conversion efficiency and interfacial adhesion. The as-prepared flexible electrodes by superhydrophilic polymeric surface under oil are highly conductive with an order of magnitude higher than the ITO glass and Ag/polymer electrodes obtained from original polymeric surface. The high conductivity achieved via superhydrophilic confinement is ascribed to that superhydrophilic polymeric surface can enhance reaction rate of silver deposition, and reduce the size of silver nanoparticles to achieve the densest packing. This new approach will provide a simple method to fabricate flexible and highly conductive Ag/polymer electrodes with excellent adhesion between conductive layer and substrate, and can be extended to other metal/polymeric electrodes or alloy/polymeric electrodes. 

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
Publication Date (Web): April 26, 2016

 

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