Uniform Large-Area Free-Standing Silver Nanowire Arrays on Transparent Conducting Substrates

Arrays of silver nanowires have received increasing attention in a variety of applications such as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), plasmonic biosensing and electrode for photoelectric devices. However, until now, large scale fabrication of device-suitable silver nanowire arrays on supporti...

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Published in:Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2016-01, Vol.163 (8), p.D447-D452
Main Authors: Feng, Yuyi, Kim, Kwang-Dae, Nemitz, Clayton A., Kim, Paul, Pfadler, Thomas, Gerigk, Melanie, Polarz, Sebastian, Dorman, James A., Weickert, Jonas, Schmidt-Mende, Lukas
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Language:English
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Summary:Arrays of silver nanowires have received increasing attention in a variety of applications such as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), plasmonic biosensing and electrode for photoelectric devices. However, until now, large scale fabrication of device-suitable silver nanowire arrays on supporting substrates has seen very limited success. Here we show the synthesis of free-standing silver nanowire arrays on indium-tin oxide (ITO) coated glass by pulsed electrodeposition into anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates. We use an in situ oxygen plasma cleaning process and a sputtered Ti layer to enhance the adhesion between the template and ITO glass. An ultrathin gold layer (2 nm) is deposited as a nucleation layer for the electrodeposition of silver. An unprecedented high level of uniformity and control of the nanowire diameter, spacing and length has been achieved. The absorption measurements show that the free-standing silver nanowire arrays possess tunable plasmonic resonances.
ISSN:0013-4651
1945-7111
DOI:10.1149/2.1141608jes