Designing highly conductive and stable silver nanocrystal thin films with tunable work functions through solution-based surface engineering with gold coating process
Ag nanocrystal (NC) thin films were prepared by an all-solution-based process. The work function could be tuned from 3.9 to 4.5eV by ligand exchange and Au coating. A very low resistivity of 3.4 μΩ cm was achieved from the Ag NC thin films. The thermal stability of the thin films in air was significantly enhanced. All-NC- and all-solution-process-based flexible photodetectors were fabricated.