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Laser-induced graphitization of a forest-based ink for use in flexible and printed electronics
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Digital Systems, Smart Hardware.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2904-7238
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Digital Systems, Smart Hardware.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8485-6209
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Bioeconomy and Health, Material and Surface Design.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9440-5716
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Bioeconomy and Health, Material and Surface Design.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9816-5270
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2020 (English)In: npj Flexible Electron., ISSN 2397-4621, Vol. 4, article id 17Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Laser-induced graphitization (LIG) is a method of converting a carbon-rich precursor into a highly conductive graphite-like carbon by laser scribing. This method has shown great promise as a versatile and low-cost patterning technique. Here we show for the first time how an ink based on cellulose and lignin can be patterned using screen printing followed by laser graphitization. Screen printing is one of the most commonly used manufacturing techniques of printed electronics, making this approach compatible with existing processing of various devices. The use of forest-based materials opens the possibility of producing green and sustainable electronics. Pre-patterning of the ink enables carbon patterns without residual precursor between the patterns. We investigated the effect of the ink composition, laser parameters, and additives on the conductivity and structure of the resulting carbon and could achieve low sheet resistance of 3.8 Ω sq-1 and a high degree of graphitization. We demonstrated that the process is compatible with printed electronics and finally manufactured a humidity sensor which uses lignin as the sensing layer and graphitized lignin as the electrodes.

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Nature Research , 2020. Vol. 4, article id 17
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-46551DOI: 10.1038/s41528-020-0080-2OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-46551DiVA, id: diva2:1460101
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Supplementary information is available for this paper at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41528-020-0080-2.

Available from: 2020-08-21 Created: 2020-08-21 Last updated: 2024-03-03Bibliographically approved

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