Issue 17, 2021

High-temperature, thin, flexible and transparent Ni-based heaters patterned by laser-induced reductive sintering on colorless polyimide

Abstract

This study reports a novel method for the fabrication of a high-performance, flexible and transparent heater (TH) comprising imperceptible nickel (Ni) micropatterns on a colorless polyimide (cPI) substrate. The specially developed laser digital patterning (LDP) process, which utilizes laser-thermal degradation of organic surfactants generating reducing agent, enables a fast, affordable, and reliable way to form Ni-grid/cPI structures with a low sheet resistance (26.3 Ω sq−1) and a high transmittance (87.3% at 550 nm). Thanks to the thermal stability of Ni and cPI, together with the low sheet resistance, the Ni/cPI TH exhibits stable performance even at the highest heating temperature ever reported for flexible TH (310 °C at 11 V). As a consequence, the proposed scheme realizes an advanced process for the fabrication of chemically and mechanically stable, lightweight (4.1 mg cm−1), high-performance, and flexible TH.

Graphical abstract: High-temperature, thin, flexible and transparent Ni-based heaters patterned by laser-induced reductive sintering on colorless polyimide

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Qun 2021
Accepted
24 Cig 2021
First published
24 Cig 2021

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021,9, 5652-5661

High-temperature, thin, flexible and transparent Ni-based heaters patterned by laser-induced reductive sintering on colorless polyimide

V. B. Nam, J. Shin, A. Choi, H. Choi, S. H. Ko and D. Lee, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 5652 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC00435B

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