金属纳米颗粒导电墨水的制备及其在印刷电子方面的应用

Preparation of Metal Nanoparticles-Based Conductive Inks and Their Applications in Printed Electronics

发展下一代柔性、低价和环境友好的印刷电子技术已取得大量的研究进展。印刷电子是基于印刷原理的电子制备技术,主要是将一些液体分散性好的或可溶性材料进行印刷图案化从而实现电子元器件的制备。印刷电子学涉及大量的基础学科问题,包括材料、设备、工艺与应用多方面的共性技术,但其关键技术之一在于制备环保、低成本的新型导电墨水。结合印刷电子基础与应用研究的发展现状,本文主要对金属纳米颗粒的合成及其导电墨水的制备与相关应用的最新研究进展进行了综述和讨论,并对其在传感器、薄膜晶体管(TFT)、太阳能电池及RFID等方面的最新应用进展进行了概述。

Enormous efforts have been made towards the next generation of flexible, low-cost, environmental friendly printed electronics.Printed electronics are being explored for the manufacture of large-scale and flexible electronic devices by the patterned application of printable materials.They involve a large number of frontier scientific problems, including many generic technologies in materials, devices, manufacturing process and applications.First of all, preparation of environmental friendly and low-cost conductive ink plays a key role in the development of printed electronics.Combining with the recent progress of printed electronics, this review focuses on the synthesis of metal nanoparticles, preparation of metal nanoparticles-based conductive inks and their applications.The classifications, stabilization of printable metal nanoparticles, preparation method of conductive inks and sintering process, and their progresses in sensors, thin-film transistors, solar cells, and RFID are also briefly reviewed.