Metal-Based Inks for Printed Electronic Comparison of the Main Approaches to Obtain

Printed electronic is an area of modern materials science that is undergoing rapid development. The use of printing equipment has the potential to significantly simplify and reduce the cost of obtaining passive and active electronic components. Dozens of reviews and hundreds of scientific articles are published annually in this field. However, it should be noted that the consumer characteristics of ink formulations for printed electronic are, to a certain extent, compromises. Improving one property usually results in a deterioration of another. For example, increasing the content of the main component usually leads to a decrease in stability. This review paper will compare two main approaches to obtaining metal-based inks, which can be conventionally called “organometallic” and “colloidal,” examine their strengths and weaknesses, and assess the prospects for further development in printed electronic.