Inkjet Printing of Palladium Decorated-Carbon Nano Onion-based Aqueous Inks

Merve Dilşen; Hasan Hüseyin İpekci; Aytekin Uzunoğlu

doi:10.5281/zenodo.12550412

Authors

Merve Dilşen Necmettin Erbakan University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4785-9499
Hasan Hüseyin İpekci Necmettin Erbakan University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4906-9223
Aytekin Uzunoğlu Istanbul Technical University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2726-3930

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12550412

Keywords:

Inkjet printing, Carbon nano onion, Surface modification, Flexible electrode

Abstract

Herein, we designed a novel ink formulation with high stability and printability using onion-like carbon nanoparticles (CNO) decorated with sulfonate (-SO₃H) groups and Palladium (Pd) nanoparticles. The modification of hydrophilic -SO₃H groups enabled us to achieve high print quality. We also demonstrated that Pd nanoparticle decoration did not yield a detrimental effect on the printability of the CNOs. The surface tension of Pd-decorated SO₃H/CNO was measured to be 70.3 mN/m and using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) surfactant with 0.5 mg/ml concentration, the printability of the ink enhanced. The stability of the inks was experimentally studied by zeta potential measurements. The printed layers were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) methods and the results indicated highly homogeneous printed layers. The effect of the printing pass number was evaluated by measuring the print resistance and the lowest resistance was achieved at 65 printing passes.

Author Biographies

Merve Dilşen, Necmettin Erbakan University

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkiye

Hasan Hüseyin İpekci, Necmettin Erbakan University

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Türkiye

Aytekin Uzunoğlu, Istanbul Technical University

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkiye,

Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry-Metallurgical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkiye

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