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High-resolution and large-size stretchable electrodes based on patterned silver nanowires composites

Yong Lin1,§, Qingsong Li2,§, Chen Ding1, Jiayi Wang1,3, Wei Yuan1( ), Zhiyuan Liu2, Wenming Su1, Zheng Cui1( )
Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
CAS Key Laboratory of Human-Machine Intelligence-Synergy Systems, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shenzhen 518055, China
School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

§ Yong Lin and Qingsong Li contributed equally to this work.

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A method was developed for preparing high-resolution, large-size stretchable electrodes by pre-constructing silver nanowires (AgNWs) patterns through screen printing and vacuum filtration then embedding them into a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix. These electrodes have been successfully used as a large-size stretchable circuit board for a smart display system and an 18-channel high-density electrode array for surface electromyography (EMG) recording.

Abstract

Electrodes based on composites of silver nanowires (AgNWs) and elastic polymers have been widely studied and applied in various stretchable electronic devices. However, due to the high aspect ratio of nanowires, the patterning of AgNW-based composite electrodes remains a huge challenge, especially for high-resolution complex circuit wiring on large-size elastic substrates. In this paper, we propose a method for preparing large-size stretchable circuit boards with high-resolution electrodes by the combination of screen printing and vacuum filtration of AgNWs/polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite. The as-prepared stretchable electrodes have smooth edges with patterning resolution up to ~50 μm. The conductivity of the composite electrode can be precisely controlled by varying deposition densities of AgNWs and have reached to 1.07 × 104 S/cm when the deposition density was 2.0 mg/cm2. In addition, the uniformity of conductivity and the resistance-strain characteristics of composite electrodes were systematically evaluated with different AgNWs deposition densities. The composite electrodes have been successfully employed to construct a large-size programmable display system and an 18-channel surface electromyography (EMG) recording, showing great potentials for some strain-insensitive stretchable circuits in wearable and health-related electronic applications.

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AgNWspatterning silver nanowiresAgNWs/PDMS compositestretchable circuit boardhigh-density electrode array

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 5,
May 2022
Pages 4590-4598
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4088-x
Cite this article:
Lin Y, Li Q, Ding C, et al. High-resolution and large-size stretchable electrodes based on patterned silver nanowires composites. Nano Research, 2022, 15(5): 4590-4598. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4088-x
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Received: 29 October 2021
Revised: 19 December 2021
Accepted: 20 December 2021
Published: 22 January 2022
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