Transparent conductive electrodes comprising surface functionalized metal nanowires, their structure design, and method of making such structures

1 . A method to prepare a hybrid metal nanowire, comprises

synthesizing a metal nanowire;

purifying the metal nanowire;

suspending the purified metal nanowire in a solution;

adding an acid or oxidative reagent to the nanowire solution and mixing for a short period of time at a temperature, and

collecting the hybrid metal nanowire,

wherein the hybrid metal nanowire has a core shell structure.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the metal is silver.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the acid is inorganic acid.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the inorganic acid is selected from hydrochloric acid, HBr, HI and sulfuric acid, or mixtures thereof.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the acid is organic acid.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the organic acid is acetic acid and formic acid, or mixtures thereof.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the oxidative agent is hydrogen chloride, potassium permanganate, or mixtures thereof.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprises

diluting the nanowire solution with water after reacting with acid and transferring the diluted solution for purification immediately after the dilution.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the temperature is between 5-50 C.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the nanowire solution has a concentration between 0.1-5 wt %.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the short period of time is between 5-500 seconds.

12 . A transparent conductive film, comprising

a substrate;

a networked metal nanowires prepared by the method of claim 1 .

13 . The conductive film of claim 12 has a haze value of less than 0.5.

14 . The conductive film of claim 13 has sheet resistance of less than 300 Omh/sq.