Conductive inks allow for low cost and scalable deposition of conductive tracks and patterns for printed electronics. Metal nanoparticle colloids are a novel form for producing conductive inks. Laser Ablation Synthesis in Solution (LASiS) is a “green” method for the production of metal nanoparticle colloids without the need for environmentally hazardous chemicals, however the method has typically been limited by its low production rates. This study reports on the generation of an additive free silver nanocolloid with maximized productivity using a flow-based LASiS system and its characterization using dynamic light scattering, UV–VIS, transmission electron microscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy. The productivity of the LASiS silver nanoparticle (size 34 ± 5 nm) was 0.9 mg mL−1. While the flow-based system achieves high laser ablation rates in the mass of nanomaterial generated per unit time, the volume of liquid required for the flow leads to relatively low concentrations. Therefore, in this work, LASiS concentrated ink was formulated via a centrifugal method, which was then drop-cast and heat treated to produce a conductive silver layer. Centrifuging to concentrate the ink was shown to be a necessary step to achieve good results, with the lowest resistance across the drop-cast material of 60.2 after annealing.
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Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) under Grant Numbers 16/1571 RC/3872 and 19/US-C2C/3579, European Regional Development Fund, European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No. 862100, I-Form industry partners
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18 Feb 2022 15:32 by
Ronan Mccann
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