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Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Based Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Application: Functionalization, Structural, and Optical Properties
We present a systematic review of nanostructured organic materials, including synthesis methods, functionalization, and applications. First, we report the chemical and physical procedures used for preparing the polymer/carbon nanotube composites described in the literature over the last decade. We c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8951899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35335425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14061093 |
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author | Zaidi, Boubaker Smida, Nejmeddine Althobaiti, Mohammed G. Aldajani, Atheer G. Almdhaibri, Saif D. |
author_facet | Zaidi, Boubaker Smida, Nejmeddine Althobaiti, Mohammed G. Aldajani, Atheer G. Almdhaibri, Saif D. |
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description | We present a systematic review of nanostructured organic materials, including synthesis methods, functionalization, and applications. First, we report the chemical and physical procedures used for preparing the polymer/carbon nanotube composites described in the literature over the last decade. We compare the properties of different polymer-based prototypes of organic nanocomposites functionalized with carbon nanotubes. Theoretical and experimental vibrational investigations provide evidence of the molecular structure describing the interaction between both components, showing that the allowed amount of carbon nanotubes and their dispersion states differ across polymers. Moreover, the nature of the solvent used in the preparation has a significant impact on the dispersion process. The integration of these materials in photovoltaic applications is discussed, where the impact of nanoparticles is evidenced through the correlation between experimental analyses and theoretical approaches based on density functional theory. Alterations in optical properties, evaluated from the absorption and luminescence process, are coherent with the solar spectrum, and a good distribution of donor/acceptor interpenetration was observed. In all cases, it was demonstrated that the performance improvement is physically related to the charge transfer from the organic matrix to the nanoparticles. |
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spelling | pubmed-89518992022-03-26 Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Based Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Application: Functionalization, Structural, and Optical Properties Zaidi, Boubaker Smida, Nejmeddine Althobaiti, Mohammed G. Aldajani, Atheer G. Almdhaibri, Saif D. Polymers (Basel) Review We present a systematic review of nanostructured organic materials, including synthesis methods, functionalization, and applications. First, we report the chemical and physical procedures used for preparing the polymer/carbon nanotube composites described in the literature over the last decade. We compare the properties of different polymer-based prototypes of organic nanocomposites functionalized with carbon nanotubes. Theoretical and experimental vibrational investigations provide evidence of the molecular structure describing the interaction between both components, showing that the allowed amount of carbon nanotubes and their dispersion states differ across polymers. Moreover, the nature of the solvent used in the preparation has a significant impact on the dispersion process. The integration of these materials in photovoltaic applications is discussed, where the impact of nanoparticles is evidenced through the correlation between experimental analyses and theoretical approaches based on density functional theory. Alterations in optical properties, evaluated from the absorption and luminescence process, are coherent with the solar spectrum, and a good distribution of donor/acceptor interpenetration was observed. In all cases, it was demonstrated that the performance improvement is physically related to the charge transfer from the organic matrix to the nanoparticles. MDPI 2022-03-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8951899/ /pubmed/35335425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14061093 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Zaidi, Boubaker Smida, Nejmeddine Althobaiti, Mohammed G. Aldajani, Atheer G. Almdhaibri, Saif D. Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Based Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Application: Functionalization, Structural, and Optical Properties |
title | Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Based Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Application: Functionalization, Structural, and Optical Properties |
title_full | Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Based Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Application: Functionalization, Structural, and Optical Properties |
title_fullStr | Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Based Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Application: Functionalization, Structural, and Optical Properties |
title_full_unstemmed | Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Based Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Application: Functionalization, Structural, and Optical Properties |
title_short | Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Based Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Application: Functionalization, Structural, and Optical Properties |
title_sort | polymer/carbon nanotube based nanocomposites for photovoltaic application: functionalization, structural, and optical properties |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8951899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35335425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14061093 |
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