In recent years

flexible and transparent electronic equipments have developed rapidly

such as stretchable solar cells

foldable smart phones

and flexible organic light-emitting diodes. The materials which play important roles in flexible and transparent electronic equipment

have attracted more and more attentions. Because of the excessive brittleness

however

the traditional transparent conductive material of indium tin oxide (ITO) cannot meet the needs of flexible electronic equipment

so many alternative materials appeared

such as carbon nanotubes

graphite

metal nanowires

and conductive polymers. Among them

the silver nanowires (Ag NWs) have become the most promising ITO alternative materials with high conductivity

good flexibility and high transparency. In this mini-review

the synthetic methods of the Ag NWs based on the aspect ratio

the contact between nanowires and network structure are summarized in the purpose of exploring the ways to obtain transparent conductive film (TCF) with high transparency and low sheet resistance.