The Development and Application of Silver Nanowires as Flexible Transparent Electrodes

Throughout the past 100 years, the electronics industry has developed rapidly. Research in the field of electronics is becoming more and more thorough. As a transparent conductive oxide (TCO), indium tin oxide (ITO) has dominated the flexible transparent electrode market since 1970. However, due to its limited production, high cost, and inflexibility, these limitations hinder the further development of ITO, so this paper turns the attention to the substitutes of ITO materials, such as silver nanowire AgNW and carbon nanotube CNT graphene. Because AgNW has good synthesis scalability and reproducibility, they can be easily dispersed in solvents, which is related to low cost and low cost. It consumes fewer raw materials than ITO and has similar optoelectronic properties. The produced AgNW electrode has high electrical and thermal conductivity, high optical transparency, and flexibility, which attracts people’s attention. Therefore, this paper focuses on the preparation, performance improvement, future application, and development prospect of silver nanowire AgNW electrode.