Conductive Ink and Its Application Technology Progress

doi:10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2014.04.393

Abstract

Abstract:

Printed electronics is a new and fast developing technology which applying the traditional printing technology into the electronic products manufacturing. And the printed electronics has broad prospects for development. Conductive ink, as the key materials and foundation of printed electronics, has attracted widespread attention. In this paper, the category, basic composition, used printing technologies and device of the conductive ink are overviewed. The research and developing trends of conductive ink are also expected. Firstly, applying of new functional materials (including CNT, grapheme, et al.) into conductive ink and improving the intrinsic and interconnected properties of such materials is one of the key problems. Meanwhile, solving the problem of interconnecting between the printed circuits and electronic devices is another key problem of conductive ink.

Key words: conductive ink, printed electronics, printing process, printed electronics materials, printed electronics device

LI Luhai, MO Lixin, RAN Jun, XIN Zhiqing. Conductive Ink and Its Application Technology Progress[J]. Imaging Science and Photochemistry, 2014, 32(4): 393-401.

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