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The flexible and highly stable graphene oxide (GO)/silver nanowires (AgNWs) hybrid transparent conductive electrode (TCE) was fabricated by coating AgNWs and GO inks on the surface of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using a Meyer rod. The as-prepared GO/AgNWs hybrid TCE with a GO concentration of 0.75 mg·ml −1 exhibits excellent optoelectronic performances with a sheet resistance of 25 Ω·sq −1 , a transmittance of 87.6% at 550 nm, and a lower surface roughness with a root mean square (RMS) roughness value of 4.86 nm. The existence of protective GO layer endows excellent thermal oxidation resistance and outperforming mechanical stabilities for GO/AgNWs hybrid TCE even at the conditions of temperature 80°C, relative humidity (RH) 75% for 16 days, at room temperature in ambient air for 3 months, and mechanical bending of 2200 times, respectively. The GO/AgNWs hybrid TCE is a promising candidate for ITO used in optical devices such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), solar cells and flat panel displays.

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With polyol-synthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as raw materials, the silver electrodes with high conductivity were fabricated via a dip-coating method followed by sintering process, and the effects of the dip-coating and sintering process on the conductivity and surface roughness of silver electrodes were investigated in detail. The silver film with a thickness of 1.97 µm and a roughness of about 2 nm can be prepared after dip-coating at a pulling rate of 500 µm s −1 for 40 coating times. The non-conductive dip-coated silver films are transformed into conductive silver electrodes after conventional sintering in a muffle oven, infrared sintering and microwave sintering, respectively. Compared with high sintering temperature and long sintering time of conventional sintering and infrared sintering, microwave sintering can achieve quick sintering of silver films to fabricate high conductive silver electrodes. The silver electrodes with a sheet resistance of 0.75 Ω sq −1 and a surface roughness of less than 1 nm can be obtained after microwave sintering at 500 W for 50 s. The adjustable dip-coating method followed by quick microware sintering is an appropriate approach to prepare high conductive AgNPs-based electrodes for organic light-emitting diodes or other devices.

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