Transport parameters of inkjet printed nanoparticle silver on polyimide substrate measured at room and liquid nitrogen temperatures

Abstract

This brief presents the transport parameters of silver layers on a polyimide substrate fabricated by an inkjet printing technology using nanoparticle inks with 20 wt% and 40 wt% silver. All the electrical characteristics of the samples were measured by Hall effect measurement system at 0.37 T. The electron mobility in inkjet printed silver layer was 7.07 and 4.58 cm2/V s for 20 wt% silver, 29.6 and 21.3 cm2/V s for 40 wt% silver at 77 and 300 K, respectively. The resistivity in inkjet printed silver layer with 20 wt% is 20.6 × 10-6 and 27.1 × 10-6 Ω cm, and 4.81 × 10-6 and 8.27 × 10-6 Ω cm for 40 wt% silver at 77 and 300 K, respectively. The surface morphology and profiles of the samples were obtained with an atomic force and scanning electron microscope. © 1963-2012 IEEE.