A Low Curing Temperature Silver Ink for Use in Ink‐Jet Printing and Subsequent Production of Conductive Tracks

• DOI: 10.1002/marc.200400445
• Publication Date: 2005-02-07T18:18:09Z
• Authors: Angela L. Dearden; Patrick J. Smith; Dong‐Youn Shin; Nuno Reis; Brian Derby; Paul O'Brien
• Keywords: Monolayers; Silver; Metallo-organic; Ink-jet printing; Inorganic materials; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

AbstractSummary: A drop‐on‐demand ink‐jet printer has been used to print a silver‐organic solution onto glass substrates. Conductive silver tracks were obtained by heat treatment of the ink‐jet printed deposits at temperatures ranging from 125 °C–200 °C in air. Resistivity values were found to have dropped to two to three times the theoretical resisitivity of bulk silver after temperatures of 150 °C and above were used.Resistivity values of a silver‐based ink.magnified imageResistivity values of a silver‐based ink.