The invention relates to a method of preparing silver
nanowire by utilization of a hydrothermal method. The steps including: directly mixing
ethylene glycol PVP solution which contains
metal chloride with the concentration of 0.01M-2MPVP and the concentration of 1*10M-1*10-2M with
ethylene glycol
silver nitrate solution with the concentration of 0.01M-1M at normal temperature, stirring the
mixed solution to be uniformed mixed, obtaining mixed reaction mother solution; the volume ratio of
ethylene glycol
silver nitrate solution to
ethylene glycol PVP solution is 1:1-10:1; the
molar ratio of
silver nitrate to the PVP in the mixed reaction mother solution is 1:10-10:1, and the
molar ration of silver
nitrate to
metal chloride is 10:1-104:1; putting the mixed reaction mother solution into an reaction kettle, warming the mixed reaction mother solution to 160 DEG C - 180 DEG C to carry out reduction reaction, the silver salt in the mother solution is restored, and silver
nanowire is obtained. The method of preparing silver
nanowire by utilization of the hydrothermal method has the
advantage of being simple and high-efficient, no need of being preheated when the preliminary reaction is carried out at the normal temperature, easy to control of
reaction conditions, and especially applicable to
mass production.