Metal nanowire-containing composition, and transparent conductor
The present invention provides a metal nanowire-containing composition containing at a least metal nanowire and a heterocyclic compound having an interaction potential of less than −1 mV.
1. A metal nanowire-containing composition comprising:
a metal nanowire, and
a heterocyclic compound,
wherein a coefficient of variation in diameter of the metal nanowire is 30% or less, and
wherein the heterocyclic compound is one of the compounds represented by the following formulae (at-20) to (at-21):
2. The metal nanowire-containing composition according to claim 1 , wherein the metal nanowire has a diameter of 50 nm or less, a length of 5 μm or longer, and the metal nanowire is contained in an amount, as metal, of 50% by mass or more in the total amount of metal particles.
3. The metal nanowire-containing composition according to claim 1 , wherein the metal nanowire contains silver.
4. The metal nanowire-containing composition according to claim 1 , further comprising an aqueous solvent, and being in the form of an aqueous dispersion.
5. The metal nanowire-containing composition according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the metal nanowire is in the range of 5 nm to 35 nm.
6. The metal nanowire-containing composition according to claim 1 , wherein the metal nanowire is produced by adding a silver ammonia complex solution into an aqueous solution containing at least a halogen compound and a reducing sugar.