Issue 43, 2020

Stretchable transparent conductive elastomers for skin-integrated electronics

Abstract

Electrodes with good mechanical and electrical properties serve as the key component for realizing high-performance flexible electronics. Here, we introduce a low-cost and scalable method with precise pattern control for producing intrinsically stretchable and transparent conductive elastomers based on silver nanowires (Ag NWs). The optimized electrodes in this work exhibit great transparence over 78%, a low sheet resistance of ∼18 Ω sq−1 and remarkable mechanical properties without significant conductivity loss upon thousands of cycles of stretching, twisting, bending and pressing. The transparent Ag NWs can be precisely patterned onto a soft substrate at a microscale level and form a stretchable circuit. A skin-integrated electronic device with a 6 × 6 tactile sensor array was developed based on the resulting transparent and stretchable flexible circuit, indicating the possibility of the low lost and large area fabrication of electronic skin.

Graphical abstract: Stretchable transparent conductive elastomers for skin-integrated electronics

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 6 2020
Accepted
22 7 2020
First published
22 7 2020

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020,8, 15105-15111

Stretchable transparent conductive elastomers for skin-integrated electronics

Z. Gao, C. Yiu, Y. Liu, D. Li, L. Mei, Z. Zeng and X. Yu, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 15105 DOI: 10.1039/D0TC02913K

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