Patent ID: 11904389
Assignee: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of producing a transparent conductive electrode, the method comprising:
spraying a suspension of electrically conductive nanowires on a polymer substrate to form droplets thereon, wherein each of the droplets has a periphery which is in contact with one or more peripheries of another droplet, wherein the suspension comprises a polar solvent, wherein the polymer substrate and the polar solvent produce a surface tension which directs the electrically conductive nanowires to arrange at the periphery of each of the droplets to form a network of connected ring structures;
removing the polar solvent from the polymer substrate to form a micromesh comprising the electrically conductive nanowires which are retained in the form of the network of connected ring structures; and
coating a transparent protective layer on the micromesh, wherein the transparent protective layer comprises a hydrophobic cellulose oleoyl ester.