Coating Readily Available Yet Thermally Resistant Surfaces with 3D Silver Nanowire Scaffolds: A Step toward Efficient Heater Fabrication

In this study, we synthesized and characterized a 3D network of silver nanowires (AgNWs), employing the polyol approach in ethylene glycol (EG) as the reductant and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as the structure-directing agent for the growth of AgNWs to design inexpensive, timely responsive AgNWs-based heaters with different substrates. Data obtained from a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) revealed that the average diameter of the synthesized AgNWs was 22 nm, and the average length was 28 µm. UV-visible absorption spectroscopy showed that AgNWs developed in a very pure phase. We investigated the impact of substrate type on the heating dissipation performance by depositing AgNW thin film over three chosen substrates made from readily available materials. The findings indicated that the AgNW-based heater with the wood substrate had the lowest response time of 21 s, the highest thermal resistance of 352.59 °C·cm2/W, and a steady temperature of 135 °C at a low bias voltage of 5 V compared to cement (95 s, 297.77 °C·cm2/W, and 120 °C) and glass (120 s, 270.25 °C·cm2/W, and 110 °C).

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