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Photonic sintering of copper for rapid processing of thick film conducting circuits on FTO coated glass

Bahaa Abbas, Eifion Jewell Orcid Logo, Yin Cheung Lau, Justin Searle Orcid Logo, Tim Claypole Orcid Logo

Scientific Reports, Volume: 13, Issue: 1

Swansea University Authors: Bahaa Abbas, Eifion Jewell Orcid Logo, Justin Searle Orcid Logo, Tim Claypole Orcid Logo

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Abstract

Copper potentially provides a cost-effective replacement for silver in printed electronic circuitry with diverse applications in healthcare, solar energy, IOT devices and automotive applications. The primary challenge facing copper is that it readily oxidizes to its non-conductive state during the s...

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Published in: Scientific Reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2023
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63055
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Abstract: Copper potentially provides a cost-effective replacement for silver in printed electronic circuitry with diverse applications in healthcare, solar energy, IOT devices and automotive applications. The primary challenge facing copper is that it readily oxidizes to its non-conductive state during the sintering process. Photonic sintering offers a means of overcoming the oxidation by which rapid conversion from discrete nano-micro particles to fully or partially sintered products occurs. An experimental study of flash lamp sintering of mixed nano copper and mixed nano/ micro copper thick film screen printed structures on FTO coated glass was carried out. It shows that there may be multiple energy windows which can successfully sinter the thick film copper print preventing detrimental copper oxidation. Under optimum conditions, the conductivities achieved in under 1 s was (3.11–4.3 × 10–7 Ω m) matched those achieved in 90 min at 250 °C under reducing gas conditions, offering a significant improvement in productivity and reduced energy demand. Also present a good film stability of a 14% increase in line resistance of 100 N material, around 10% for the 50N50M ink and only around 2% for the 20N80M.
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Funders: EP/N509905/1
Issue: 1