Next Generation Antennas Based on Screen-Printed and Transparent Silver Nanowire Films

Yash Goliya; Almudena Rivadeneyra; José F. Salmeron; Andreas Albrecht; Josef Mock; Michael Haider; Johannes Russer; Bruna Cruz; Philipp Eschlwech; Erwin Biebl; Markus Becherer; Marco R. Bobinger

doi:10.1002/adom.201900995

Next Generation Antennas Based on Screen-Printed and Transparent Silver Nanowire Films

Yash Goliya, Almudena Rivadeneyra, José F. Salmeron, Andreas Albrecht, Josef Mock, Michael Haider, Johannes Russer, Bruna Cruz, Philipp Eschlwech, Erwin Biebl, Markus Becherer, Marco R. Bobinger

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The advent of mobile communication has made antennas omnipresent. Conventional methods of antenna manufacturing cannot address the growing demands for novel applications requiring transparent and flexible antennas. In this paper, transparent silver nanowire films are studied with respect to their high-frequency properties. Transparent silver nanowire (AgNW)-based antennas that are screen printed onto flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate are reported. Transparent films with a low sheet resistance of 8.5 Ω sq⁻¹ and a high transmittance of 85%, at a wavelength of 550 nm, are characterized as bowtie antennas with a radiation efficiency of 52%. This combination of efficiency and transmittance rivals the ones that are commonly reported for conductive-oxide based transparent antennas and paves their use for any automobile window, liquid crystal display, or organic-light-emitting-diode display.

Original language	English
Article number	1900995
Journal	Advanced Optical Materials
Volume	7
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201900995
State	Published - 1 Nov 2019

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antennas
flexible
screen-printed
silver nanowires
transparent

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