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Bullion World | Volume 3 | Issue 2 | February 2023

Silver Nanowires for flexible

and printed electronics

Mr Jayesh R. Sonawane & Dr Amol A. Kulkarni*

Chemical Engineering & Process Development Division, CSIR-National
Chemical Laboratory, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune – 411008, India
*Contact: aa.kulkarni@ncl.res.in

CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory has developed the
first-ever scalable continuous process for manufacturing
silver nanowires. The laboratory is further exploring the
development of conducting inks for printed electronics
using silver nanowires.

Metal nanomaterials (viz. and lithium-ion batteries. The morphologies. The shape and size
Gold, Silver, Copper, Nickel, properties and applications of the of the material can be tuned by
Platinum, Palladium, etc.) have materials vary with morphology. changing the reaction conditions,
unique dimension-dependent Among many of these metal using different surfactants and
electrical, catalytic, thermal, nanomaterials, silver has a unique also using different reactants. The
and optical properties that has standing. Silver nanomaterials different morphologies of the silver
potentially benefit applications have tremendous applications in nanomaterials are shown in the
such as transparent electronics, the field of electronics due to their figure below.
flexible/stretchable conductors, unique properties and stability.
photonics, solar cells, wearable There are various methods to
devices, sensor, electrocatalysts, synthesize nanosilver with different

Silver nanowires
are an excellent

alternative to indium

tin oxide (ITO)
for a transparent
conductor. Indium is

a rare metal, and the

price of ITO is rising
dramatically due
to its high demand

for transparent

electronics and
scarcity.

Different morphologies of silver at nanometer length scale

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