We prepared the hybrid conductor of the Ag nanowire (NW) network and irregularly patterned graphene (GP) mesh with enhanced optical transmittance (~98.5%) and mechano-electric stability (Δ: ~42.4% at 200,000 (200k) cycles) under 6.7% strain. Irregularly patterned GP meshes were prepared with a bottom-side etching method using chemical etchant (HNO). The GP mesh pattern was judiciously and easily tuned by the regulation of treatment time (0-180 min) and concentration (0-20 M) of chemical etchants. As-formed hybrid conductor of Ag NW and GP mesh exhibit enhanced/controllable electrical-optical properties and mechano-electric stabilities; hybrid conductor exhibits enhanced optical transmittance ( = 98.5%) and improved conductivity (Δ: 22%) compared with that of a conventional hybrid conductor at similar . It is also noteworthy that our hybrid conductor shows far superior mechano-electric stability (Δ: ~42.4% at 200k cycles; : ~98.5%) to that of controls (Ag NW (Δ: ~293% at 200k cycles), Ag NW-pristine GP hybrid (Δ: ~121% at 200k cycles)) ascribed to our unique hybrid structure.
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