As essential components of numerous flexible and wearable optoelectronic devices,the flexible transparent conducting electrodes(TCEs)with sufficient optical transmittance and electric conductivity become more and more...As essential components of numerous flexible and wearable optoelectronic devices,the flexible transparent conducting electrodes(TCEs)with sufficient optical transmittance and electric conductivity become more and more important.In this work,we fabricated a large-area flexible TCE based on leaf vein-like hierarchical metal grids(HMG)comprising of mesoscale"trunk"and microscale"branches".The selfformed branched grids made the conducting paths distributing uniformly while the laser-etching trunk grids enabled to transport the collected electrons across long-distance.The Ag HMG exhibited high optical transmittance(-81%)with low sheet resistance(1.36Ωsq-1,which could be simply optimized through adjusting the grids’widths,spaces,and the sizes of the TiO2 colloidal crackle patterns.In addition,on the basis of such advanced HMG electrode,flexible electrochromic devices(ECDs)with remarkable cyclic performance were fabricated.The HMG with high transparency,conductivity,and flexibility provides a promising TCE for the next-generation flexible and wearable optoelectronic devices.展开更多
基金supported by the Shenzhen Basic Research Program(JCYJ20180306173007696)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(2017J01104)+4 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(20720160127,20720180013)Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education(20130121110018)NUS AcRF Tier 1(R-144-000-367-112)the“111”Project(B16029)the 1000 Talents Program Funding from the Xiamen University.
文摘As essential components of numerous flexible and wearable optoelectronic devices,the flexible transparent conducting electrodes(TCEs)with sufficient optical transmittance and electric conductivity become more and more important.In this work,we fabricated a large-area flexible TCE based on leaf vein-like hierarchical metal grids(HMG)comprising of mesoscale"trunk"and microscale"branches".The selfformed branched grids made the conducting paths distributing uniformly while the laser-etching trunk grids enabled to transport the collected electrons across long-distance.The Ag HMG exhibited high optical transmittance(-81%)with low sheet resistance(1.36Ωsq-1,which could be simply optimized through adjusting the grids’widths,spaces,and the sizes of the TiO2 colloidal crackle patterns.In addition,on the basis of such advanced HMG electrode,flexible electrochromic devices(ECDs)with remarkable cyclic performance were fabricated.The HMG with high transparency,conductivity,and flexibility provides a promising TCE for the next-generation flexible and wearable optoelectronic devices.
