A simple method for enhancing the electrical properties of silver nanowire transparent conductive electrodes

•A simple method was proposed for improving the sheet resistance of AgNW TCEs.•After AR tape, the sheet resistance is reduced strongly from 98 Ω/□ to ~27 Ω/□.•The transmittance of AgNW TCE is lost insignificantly, from 92% to 89%.•This method is very useful for room condition fabrication of TCEs. In this paper, we report a simple method for enhancing the electrical property of silver nanowire transparent conductive electrodes (AgNW-TCE). When scotch tape was attached to the surface of AgNW-TCE and then removed, the sheet resistance of the AgNW-TCE was drastically decreased, while the transmittance was insignificantly lost; namely, the sheet resistance was reduced from 98.5 Ω/□ to 27.3 Ω/□ and the transmittance was decreased from 92% to 89%. The improved sheet resistance could be due to the transfer of the glue on the tape onto the AgNW-TCE, resulting in better contact at the junction between AgNWs.