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Here, we compared the thermal decomposition and light absorption of copper materials, including copper nitride (Cu3N), copper(I) oxide (Cu2O), or copper(II) oxide (CuO). Among the copper compounds examined, copper nitride had the second highest light absorbency and lowest decomposition temperature; therefore, we concluded that copper nitride was the most suitable material for producing a wiring ink that is sintered by means of IPL irradiation. Wiring inks containing copper nitride were compared with those of wiring inks containing copper nitride, copper(I) oxide, or copper(II) oxide, and copper conversion rate and sheet resistance were also determined. Under low-energy irradiation (8.3 J cm\u22122), copper nitride was converted to copper at the highest rate among the copper materials, and provided a sheet resistance of 0.506 \u03a9 sq\u22121, indicating that copper nitride is indeed a candidate material for development as a wiring ink for low-energy intense pulsed light sintering-based printed circuit board production processes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nano8080617","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,14]],"date-time":"2018-08-14T10:31:16Z","timestamp":1534242676000},"page":"617","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Suitability of Copper Nitride as a Wiring Ink Sintered by Low-Energy Intense Pulsed Light Irradiation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2863-3937","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takashi","family":"Nakamura","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute for Chemical Process Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 4-2-1 Nigatake Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 983-8551, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hea Jeong","family":"Cheong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Flexible Electronics Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0109-9597","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Masahiko","family":"Takamura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nicca Chemical Co. 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