Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Highly flexible and transparent film heaters based on colorless polyimide substrate with a GZO/AgNW/GZO sandwich structure

  • Published:
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In the past years, transparent film heaters (TFHs) based on silver nanowires (AgNWs) have attracted much attention because of their high transmittance, excellent flexibility, and great thermal response. In this paper, we fabricated flexible TFHs with a sandwich structure composed of Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) and AgNWs on the colorless polyimide (cPI) substrate. The optimized hybrid film exhibited a sheet resistance of 14.6 Ω sq−1 with a transmittance of 79%. Excellent thermal uniformity and heating stability of TFHs were demonstrated. The thermal response tests of the GZO/AgNW/GZO/cPI TFHs showed high saturation temperature (~ 176 ℃) with low input voltage (~ 6 V), fast response time (~ 15 s), and stable heating performance. These results indicate that the flexible TFHs with a GZO/AgNW/GZO sandwich structure have broad potential applications in flexible electronic devices.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. W. Lan, Y. Chen, Z. Yang, W. Han, J. Zhou, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, G. Tang, Y. Wei, W. Dou, Q. Su, E. Xie, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 6644–6651 (2017)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. H. Kim, M. Seo, J.W. Kim, D.K. Kwon, S.E. Choi, J.W. Kim, J.M. Myoung, Adv. Funct. Mater. 29, 1901061 (2019)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. S. Choi, J. Park, W. Hyun, J. Kim, J. Kim, Y.B. Lee, C. Song, H.J. Hwang, J.H. Kim, T. Hyeon, D.-H. Kim, ACS Nano 9, 6626–6633 (2015)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. J.J. Bae, S.C. Lim, G.H. Han, Y.W. Jo, D.L. Doung, E.S. Kim, S.J. Chae, T.Q. Huy, N. Van Luan, Y.H. Lee, Adv. Funct. Mater. 22, 4819–4826 (2012)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. X. He, A. Liu, X. Hu, M. Song, F. Duan, Q. Lan, J. Xiao, J. Liu, M. Zhang, Y. Chen, Q. Zeng, Nanotechnology 27, 475709 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. C. Celle, C. Mayousse, E. Moreau, H. Basti, A. Carella, J.-P. Simonato, Nano Res. 5, 427–433 (2012)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. R. Gupta, G.U. Kulkarni, A.C.S. Appl, Mater. Interfaces 5, 730–736 (2013)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. J. Jin, J. Lee, S. Jeong, S. Yang, J.-H. Ko, H.-G. Im, S.-W. Baek, J.-Y. Lee, B.-S. Bae, Energy Environ. Sci. 6, 1811–1817 (2013)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. A.Y. Kim, M.K. Kim, C. Hudaya, J.H. Park, D. Byun, J.C. Lim, J.K. Lee, Nanoscale 8, 3307–3313 (2016)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. S. Wang, X. Zhang, W. Zhao, J. Nanomater. 2013, 1–6 (2013)

    Google Scholar 

  11. Y. Guo, C. Dun, J. Xu, J. Mu, P. Li, L. Gu, C. Hou, C.A. Hewitt, Q. Zhang, Y. Li, D.L. Carroll, H. Wang, Small 13, 1702645 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. W. Ning, Z. Wang, P. Liu, D. Zhou, S. Yang, J. Wang, Q. Li, S. Fan, K. Jiang, Carbon 139, 1136–1143 (2018)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Y. Kim, H.R. Lee, T. Saito, Y. Nishi, Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 153301 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. P. Zhang, I. Wyman, J.W. Hu, S.D. Lin, Z.W. Zhong, Y.Y. Tu, Z.Z. Huang, Y.L. Wei, Mater Sci Eng B 223, 1–23 (2017)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. J.S. Woo, J.T. Han, S. Jung, J.I. Jang, H.Y. Kim, H.J. Jeong, S.Y. Jeong, K.J. Baeg, G.W. Lee, Sci. Rep. 4, 4804 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. T. Kim, Y.W. Kim, H.S. Lee, H. Kim, W.S. Yang, K.S. Suh, Adv. Funct. Mater. 23, 1250–1255 (2013)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. X. Shi, W. Xu, W. Shen, G. Wang, R. Wang, X. Li, W. Song, J. Mater. Sci. 30, 2089–2095 (2018)

    Google Scholar 

  18. H.-G. Cheong, D.-W. Song, J.-W. Park, Microelectron. Eng. 146, 11–18 (2015)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Q.S. Xu, W.F. Shen, Q.J. Huang, Y. Yang, R.Q. Tan, K. Zhu, N. Dai, W.J. Song, J. Mater. Chem. C 2, 3750–3755 (2014)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. S.J. Choi, S.J. Kim, J.S. Jang, J.H. Lee, I.D. Kim, Small 12, 5826–5835 (2016)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. H.-G. Cheong, J.-H. Kim, J.-H. Song, U. Jeong, J.-W. Park, Thin Solid Films 589, 633–641 (2015)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. F. Xu, W. Xu, B.X. Mao, W.F. Shen, Y. Yu, R.Q. Tan, W.J. Song, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 512, 208–218 (2018)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Y.-Y. Choi, K.-H. Choi, H. Lee, H. Lee, J.-W. Kang, H.-K. Kim, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 95, 1615–1623 (2011)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. G. Haacke, J. Appl. Phys. 47, 4086–4089 (1976)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Q.J. Huang, W.F. Shen, X.Z. Fang, G.F. Chen, Y. Yang, J.H. Huang, R.Q. Tan, W.J. Song, A.C.S. Appl, Mater. Interfaces 7, 4299–4305 (2015)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. S. Ji, W. He, K. Wang, Y. Ran, C. Ye, Small 10, 4951–4960 (2014)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. G.L. Wang, W. Xu, F. Xu, W.F. Shen, W.J. Song, Mater. Res. Express 4, 116405 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was financial supported by the Program for the Ningbo Municipal Science and Technology Innovative Research Team (2016B10005), Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LY19A020002), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (61774160).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China

    Runfei Wang & Jian Huang

  2. Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China

    Runfei Wang, Wei Xu, Wenfeng Shen, Zhaozhao Wang, Guofei Chen, Xingzhong Fang & Weijie Song

  3. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China

    Peizhi Cai & Ruiqin Tan

  4. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Weijie Song

Authors
  1. Runfei Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Peizhi Cai
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Wei Xu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Ruiqin Tan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Wenfeng Shen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Zhaozhao Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Guofei Chen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Jian Huang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Xingzhong Fang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Weijie Song
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Wei Xu, Ruiqin Tan or Weijie Song.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Electronic supplementary material

Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.

Supplementary file1 (DOCX 24 kb)

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Wang, R., Cai, P., Xu, W. et al. Highly flexible and transparent film heaters based on colorless polyimide substrate with a GZO/AgNW/GZO sandwich structure. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 4743–4751 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03031-4

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03031-4

Search

Navigation