Electron tunneling of hierarchically structured silver nanosatellite particles for highly conductive healable nanocomposites.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
07 May 2020
Historique:
received: 31 10 2019
accepted: 23 03 2020
entrez: 9 5 2020
pubmed: 10 5 2020
medline: 10 5 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Healable conductive materials have received considerable attention. However, their practical applications are impeded by low electrical conductivity and irreversible degradation after breaking/healing cycles. Here we report a highly conductive completely reversible electron tunneling-assisted percolation network of silver nanosatellite particles for putty-like moldable and healable nanocomposites. The densely and uniformly distributed silver nanosatellite particles with a bimodal size distribution are generated by the radical and reactive oxygen species-mediated vigorous etching and reduction reaction of silver flakes using tetrahydrofuran peroxide in a silicone rubber matrix. The close work function match between silicone and silver enables electron tunneling between nanosatellite particles, increasing electrical conductivity by ~5 orders of magnitude (1.02×10

Identifiants

pubmed: 32382034
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15709-8
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-15709-8
pmc: PMC7206115
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2252

Subventions

Organisme : National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
ID : 2020R1A2C3003199
Organisme : National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
ID : NRF-2017R1A2A1A17069289

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Auteurs

Daewoo Suh (D)

School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.
Production Engineering Research Institute, LG Electronics, Seoul, 07796, Republic of Korea.

K P Faseela (KP)

Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.

Wonjoon Kim (W)

School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.

Chanyong Park (C)

School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.

Jang Gyun Lim (JG)

SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.

Sungwon Seo (S)

School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.

Moon Ki Kim (MK)

School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.
SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.

Hyungpil Moon (H)

School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.

Seunghyun Baik (S)

School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea. sbaik@skku.edu.

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