Large scale silver nanowires network fabricated by MeV hydrogen (H+) ion beam irradiation

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/4/046105

Abstract A random two-dimensional large scale nano-network of silver nanowires (Ag-NWs) is fabricated by MeV hydrogen (H⁺) ion beam irradiation. Ag-NWs are irradiated under H⁺ ion beam at different ion fluences at room temperature. The Ag-NW network is fabricated by H⁺ ion beam-induced welding of Ag-NWs at intersecting positions. H⁺ ion beam induced welding is confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Moreover, the structure of Ag NWs remains stable under H⁺ ion beam, and networks are optically transparent. Morphology also remains stable under H⁺ion beam irradiation. No slicings or cuttings of Ag-NWs are observed under MeV H⁺ ion beam irradiation. The results exhibit that the formation of Ag-NW network proceeds through three steps: ion beam induced thermal spikes lead to the local heating of Ag-NWs, the formation of simple junctions on small scale, and the formation of a large scale network. This observation is useful for using Ag-NWs based devices in upper space where protons are abandoned in an energy range from MeV to GeV. This high-quality Ag-NW network can also be used as a transparent electrode for optoelectronics devices.

Keywords: Ag nanowires H⁺ ion irradiation nanowelding large scale nano-network optical properties

Received: 11 November 2015
Revised: 23 December 2015
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PACS:	61.80.Jh	(Ion radiation effects)
	61.46.Km	(Structure of nanowires and nanorods (long, free or loosely attached, quantum wires and quantum rods, but not gate-isolated embedded quantum wires))
	78.67.Uh	(Nanowires)

Fund: Project supported by the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF), the French Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique, iThemba-LABS, the UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences & Nanotechnology, the Third World Academy of Science (TWAS), Organization of Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSDW), the Abdus Salam ICTP via the Nanosciences African Network (NANOAFNET), and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.

Corresponding Authors: Honey S, Naseem S
E-mail: shehlahoney@yahoo.com;shahzad_naseem@yahoo.com

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Honey S, Naseem S, Ishaq A, Maaza M, Bhatti M T, Wan D Large scale silver nanowires network fabricated by MeV hydrogen (H⁺) ion beam irradiation 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 046105

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