{Gravure printed sol–gel derived AlOOH hybrid nanocomposite thin films for printed electronics}

Citation:
Kololuoma, T., J. Leppäniemi, H. Majumdar, R. Branquinho, E. Herbei-Valcu, V. Musat, R. Martins, E. Fortunato, and A. Alastalo, "{Gravure printed sol–gel derived AlOOH hybrid nanocomposite thin films for printed electronics}", J. Mater. Chem. C, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 1776–1786, 2015.

Abstract:

We report a sol-gel approach to fabricate aluminum-oxy-hydroxide (AlOOH) -based inks for gravure printing of high-dielectric-constant nanocomposite films. By reacting 3-glycidoxypropyl- trimethoxysilane (GPTS) with aluminum-oxide-hydroxide (AlOOH) nanoparticles under constant bead milling, inks suitable for gravure printing were obtained. The calculated relative dielectric constant based on measured capacitances and film thicknesses for the gravure-printed GPTS:AlOOH nanocomposite varied between 7 and 11 at a 10 kHz frequency. The dielectric constant depended on the mixing ratio of the composite and was found to follow the Maxwell-Garnett ternary-system mixing rule indicating presence of micro/nanopores that affect the electrical properties of the fabricated films. Increasing leakage current with increasing AlOOH content was observed. High leakage current was reduced by printing two-layer films. The double-layered gravure-coated films exhibited similar capacitance density but clearly lower leakage current and less electrical breakdowns in comparison to single-layered films having comparable film compositions and film thicknesses. The best composite yielded a capacitance density of 109 ± 2 pF/mm2 at the 10 kHz frequency and a leakage current density of 60 ± 20 µA/cm2 at 0.5 MV/cm electric field as a single layer. The calculated relative dielectric constant at the 10 kHz frequency for this composition was 11.2 ± 0.5. Introduction

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