Understanding how junction resistances impact the conduction mechanism in nano-networks.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 May 2024
28 May 2024
Historique:
received:
02
02
2024
accepted:
02
05
2024
medline:
29
5
2024
pubmed:
29
5
2024
entrez:
28
5
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Networks of nanowires, nanotubes, and nanosheets are important for many applications in printed electronics. However, the network conductivity and mobility are usually limited by the resistance between the particles, often referred to as the junction resistance. Minimising the junction resistance has proven to be challenging, partly because it is difficult to measure. Here, we develop a simple model for electrical conduction in networks of 1D or 2D nanomaterials that allows us to extract junction and nanoparticle resistances from particle-size-dependent DC network resistivity data. We find junction resistances in porous networks to scale with nanoparticle resistivity and vary from 5 Ω for silver nanosheets to 24 GΩ for WS
Identifiants
pubmed: 38806479
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-48614-5
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-48614-5
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eng
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© 2024. The Author(s).
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