Research Progress of Photonic Sintering Technology in Printable Electronics

doi:10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2014.04.303

Abstract

Abstract:

Photonic sintering is a kind of low-temperature, selective and non-contact sintering technology, which can sinter nano material ink on the transparent film substrate, realize the function of ink material, and finally obtain the physical properties of printed electronic devices. Photonic sintering technology includeslaser sintering, infrared sintering and pulsed light sintering. They also have their application features, which have been widely concerned in the field of printed electronics. This paper briefly introduces some research progress and application of photonic sintering technology, mainly focusing on the metallic nano conductive inks.

Key words: photonic sintering, printable electronics, laser, infrared, pulsed light

GU Weibing, LIN Jian, CHEN Zheng, CUI Zheng. Research Progress of Photonic Sintering Technology in Printable Electronics[J]. Imaging Science and Photochemistry, 2014, 32(4): 303-313.

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