Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.713, 98-104, 2018
Preparation of pristine graphene paste for screen printing patterns with high conductivity
Graphene conducive pastes are poised to apply in making flexible electronics via a screen-printing way because of its excellent electrical and mechanical properties. In this paper, a new formulation of a pristine graphene-based paste was presented consisting of the conducive filler of graphene, a mixed solvent of terpineol, dipropylene glycol methyl ether, cyclohexanone, and the auxiliaries of ethyl cellulose, Span-85 and 1,4-butyrolactone. The paste containing 20 wt% of the graphene was prepared and showed excellent dispersibility and stability. The screen-printed patterns on a polyimide substrate achieved a high conductivity of 9 x 10(4) S/m and had excellent mechanical flexibility.