Optical and structural properties of graphene oxide-incorporated polyvinylpyrrolidone/copper ternary nanocomposites (PVP/Cu/GO) films
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31349/RevMexFis.69.031001Keywords:
Graphene oxide, polymer, polyvinylpyrrolidone, nanocompositesAbstract
Novel ternary nanocomposite films based on polyvinylpyrrolidone copper nanoparticles graphene oxide (PVP/Cu/GO) were prepared using electrochemical deposition technique on Fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate. This facile and effective approach has been proven to be very useful for the fabrication of inexpensive, high-performance electrochemical devices. To achieve uniform deposition of the nanocomposite films, the three components of the nanocomposites were mixed under controlled conditions. The impact of different GO loading on the PVP/Cu/GO composites was measured using UV–visible spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy, SEM, EDX, and four-point probe techniques to evaluate their optical, structural, morphological, compositional, and electrical properties, respectively. UV-visible analysis shows that the optical band gap (Eg) of the nanocomposite decreased from 3.51 to 2.02 eV with increasing GO loading. All of the nanocomposites showed UV absorbance of ≈450 nm. According to the XRD results, the GO materials were very well dispersed in the PVP/Cu/GO composites, while also revealing the crystalline nature of the nanocomposites. The SEM results revealed spherical-shaped grains of the deposited films, while the EDX results revealed the major elements deposited. Four-point probe analysis of the nanocomposites revealed slight increase in conductivity with low GO content, thus confirming the semiconducting properties of the nanocomposites with the GO content. The obtained results herein shows that the PVP/Cu/GO nanocomposites are successfully synthesized with attractive physiochemical properties suitable for the fabrication of organic electronic devices and photovoltaic devices.
References
L. Cao, Y. Liu, B. Zhang, In situ controllable growth of Prussian blue nanocubes on reduced graphene oxide: facile synthesis and their application as enhanced nanoelectrocatalyst for H2O2 reduction, ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2 (2010) 2339.
S.J. Guo, S.J.Dong, E. Wang, Three-dimensional Pt-on-Pd bimetallic nanodendrites supported on graphene nanosheet: facile synthesis and used as an advanced nanoelectro catalyst for methanol oxidation, ACS Nano 4 (2010) 547.
M. El Achaby, Y. Essamlali, N. El Miri, A. Snik, K. Abdelouahdi, A. Fihri, M. Zahouily, A. Solhy, Graphene oxide reinforced chitosan/polyvinylpyrrolidone polymer bio-nanocomposites, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 131 (2014).
Y. Sun, Q. Wu, G. Shi, Graphene based new energy materials, Energy Environ. Sci. 4 (2011) 1113.
M. Masoumparast, M. Mokhtary, H. Kefayati, Preparation and characterization of polyvinylpyrrolidone/cobalt ferrite functionalized chitosan graphene oxide (CoFe2O4@CS@GO-PVP) nanocomposite, Journal of Polymer Engineering 4 (2020) 342.
M. Savchak, N. Borodinov, R. Burtovyy, M. Anayee, K.Hu, R. Ma, A. Grant, H. Li, D.B. Cutshall, Y. Wen, G. Koley, W.R. Harrell, G. Chumanov, V. Tsukruk, I. Luzinov. Highly conductive and transparent reduced graphene oxide nanoscale films via thermal conversion of polymer-encapsulated graphene oxide sheets, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 104 (2018) 3975.
L. He, S.C. Tjong, Facile synthesis of silver-decorated reduced graphene oxide as a hybrid filler material for electrically conductive polymer composites, RSC Adv 3 (2013) 22981.
K.S.U. Schirmer, D. Esrafilzadeh, B.C.Thompson, A.F. Quigley, R.M.I. Kapsa, G.G Wallace. Conductive composite fibres from reduced graphene oxide and polypyrrole nanoparticles, J. Mater. Chem. B 4 (2016) 1142.
R. Megha, Y.T. Ravikiran, S.C. Vijaya Kumari, H.G. Rajprakash, S. Manjunatha, M. Revanasiddappa, M. Prashantkumar, S. Thomas. AC conductivity studies in copper decorated and zinc oxide embedded polypyrrole composite nanorods: Interfacial effects, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2020.
R. Ullah, S. Bilal, A. Ali Shah, G. Rahman, K. Ali, Ternary composites of polyaniline with polyvinyl alcohol and Cu by inverse emulsion polymerization: a comparative study, Adv. Polym. Technol. 37 (2018) 3448.
A.T. Mane, S.T. Navale, R.C. Pawar, C.S. Lee, V.B. Patil, Microstructural, optical and electrical transport properties of WO3 nanoparticles coated polypyrrole hybrid nanocomposites, Synth. Met. 199 (2015) 187.
E. Ozkazanc, Polypyrrole/copper(II) acetylacetonate composites prepared by in situ chemical oxidative polymerization, Synth. Met. 162 (2012) 1016.
Y. Ma, D. Zhao, Y. Chen, J. Huang, Z. Zhang, X. Zhang, B. Zhang, A novel core-shell polyaniline/graphene oxide/copper nanocomposite for high performance and low-cost supercapacitors, Chemical Papers (2018)
Y. Liu, Q. Li, Y.Y Feng, Immobilisation of acid pectinase on graphene oxide nanosheets Chem Pap. 68 (2014) 732.
P. Nwofe, Influence of film thickness on the optical properties of antimony sulphide thin film grown by the solution growth technique, European Journal of Applied Engineering and Scientific Research 4 (2015) 1.
O. Abdullah, S. Ghareb, R. Dlear, Optical Absorption of Polyvinyl Alcohol Films Doped with Nickel Chloride. Applied Mechanics and Materials 5 (2011) 110.
C. Bora, S.K Dolui, Fabrication of polypyrrole/graphene oxide nanocomposites by liquid/liquid interfacial polymerization and evaluation of their optical, electrical and electrochemical properties, Polymer 53 (2012) 923.
J.I. Onwuemeka, A.J. Ekpunobi, Synthesis of CdO:SnO2 alloyed thin films for solar energy conversion and optoelectronic applications, J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron. 29 (2018) 9176.
M. Banerjee, A. Jain, G.S Mukherjee, Microstructural and optical properties of polyvinyl alcohol/manganese chloride composite film, Polymer Composites, (2018)
A.H Majeed, H. Hussein, H. Ahmed, Studying the Optical Properties of (PVA-PEG-KBr) Composite, International Journal of Science and Research 3 (2014)
M. Abdelaziz, Cerium (III) doping effects on optical and thermal properties of PVA films Physica B 406 (2011) 1300.
R. Jyoti, S. Isha, S. Annu, C. Navneet, A. Sanjeev, D. Rajnish, K. S. Pawan, Cu nanoparticles induced structural, optical and electrical modification in PVA, Materials Chemistry and Physics 134 (2012) 1121.
S. Gedi, V.R.M. Reddy, C. Park, J. Chan-Wook, Comprehensive optical studies on SnS layers synthesized by chemical bath deposition, Opt. Mater. 42 (2015) 468.
I.L. Ikhioya, A.C. Nkele, S. N. Ezema, M. Maaza, F. Ezema, A study on the effects of varying concentrations on the properties of ytterbium-doped cobalt selenide thin films, Optical Materials, (2020)
S. Gedi, V.R.M. Reddy, C. Park, J. Chan-Wook, Comprehensive optical studies on SnS layers synthesized by chemical bath deposition, Opt. Mater. 42 (2015) 468.
T.S Soliman, A.S Abouhaswa, Synthesis and structural of Cd0.5Zn0.5F2O4 nanoparticles and its influence on the structure and optical properties of polyvinyl alcohol films, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, (2020)
N. Baraz, I. Yuceda ¨ cg, Y. Azizian-Kalandaragh, and S. Al- ˇtindal Determining electrical and dielectric parameters of dependence as function of frequencies in Al/ZnS-PVA/p-Si(MPS) structures. J Mater Sci Mater Electron 28 (2017) 1315.
K. Sreekanth, T, Siddaiah, N.O. Gopal, K.Y.Madhava C. Ramu, Optical and electrical conductivity studies of VO2+ doped polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) polymer electrolytes. Journal of Science, Advanced Materials and Devices, (2019).
S.U. Offiah, P.E. Ugwoke, A.B.C. Ekwealor, S.C. Ezugwu, R.U. Osuji, F.I. Ezema, Structural and spectral analysis of chemical bathdeposited copper sulfide thin films for solar energy conversions, Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures 7 (2012) 165.
A.U. Agobi, A.J. Ekpunobi, A. I. Ikeuba, and H. Louis, the effects of graphene oxide load on the optical, structural and electrical properties of ternary nanocomposites (Polyvinyl alcohol/copper/graphene oxide) for electronic and photovoltaic application. Results in Optics 8 (2022) 100261.
K.T. Al-Rasoul, N.K. Abbas, Z. J. Shanan, Structural and optical characterization of Cu and Ni doped ZnS nanoparticles, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci. 8 (2013) 594.
P. C. Okafor, A. J. Ekpunobi, P.A Ekwo, Effect of manganese percentage doping on thickness and conductivity of zinc sulphide nanofilms prepared by electrodeposition method, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) 4 (2014) 5.
H. Ahmed, H. Noor, UV-Absorption for Biological Application of (Polymer- Carbide) Nanocomposites, Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences 13 (2018).
T.S Soliman, S.A Vshivkov, Effect of Fe nanoparticles on the structure and optical properties of polyvinyl alcohol nanocomposite films, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 519 (2019) 119452.
M. Li, X. Huang, C. Wu, H. Xu, P. Jiang, T. Tanaka, Fabrication of two dimensional hybrid sheets by decorating insulating PANI on reduced graphene oxide for polymer nanocomposites with low dielectric loss and high dielectric constant, J. Mater. Chem. 22 (2012) 23477.
I.A.B Moura, T.G Sousa, A.M Lima, W.S Oliveira, L.P Brandao, Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene-Oxide Reinforced Copper Matrix Composite, Mater. Proc. 4 (2021) 72.
A S Hassanien, A. A Akl, Optical characterizations and refractive index dispersion parameters of annealed TiO2 thin films synthesized by RF-sputtering technique at different flow rates of the reactive oxygen gas, Physica B 576 (2020) 411718.
A.C. Nkele, A study on titanium dioxide nanoparticles synthesized from titanium isopropoxide under SILAR-induced gel method: transition from anatase to rutile structure, Inorg. Chem. Commun, 112 (2020) 107705
A.C. Nwanya, Nanoporous copper-cobalt mixed oxide nanorod bundles as high performance pseudocapacitive electrodes, J. Electroanal. Chem. 787 (2017) 24.
A.C. Nkele, Investigating the properties of nano nest-like nickel oxide and the NiO/Perovskite for potential application as a hole transport material, Adv. Nat. Sci. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 10 (2019), 045009.
S.U. Offiah, Influence of cadmium precursor concentrations on the structural, optical and electrochemical impedance properties of CdZnS thin films, Vacuum 160 (2019) 246.
M.C. Nwankwo, Electrochemical supercapacitive properties of SILAR-Deposited Mn3O4 electrodes, Vacuum 158 (2018) 206.
Y. Li, M. Jiao, H. Zhao, M. Yang, High performance gas sensors based on in-situ fabricated ZnO/polyaniline nanocomposite: the effect of morphology on the sensing properties, Sensor, Actuator. B Chem. 264 (2018) 285.
A.U. Agobi, A.J. Ekpunobi, A.I. Ikeuba, I.L. Ikhioya, C.N. Ozoemena and K.I. Udofia, Hybrid polypyrrole/copper/graphene oxide nanocomposite films synthesized via potentiostatic deposition with enhanced photovoltaic properties. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 99 (2022) 100549.
B.I. Ita and A.I. Ikeuba, Solutions of the Dirac equation with gravitational plus exponential potential. Applied Mathematics 4 (2022) 1.
A.I. Ikeuba, B. Zhang, J. wang, E. H. Han, and W. Ke, Electrochemical, TOF-SIMS and XPS studies on the corrosion behavior of Q-phase in NaCl solutions as a function of pH. Applied Surface Science, 490 (2022) 535.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Augustine Agobi, Alexander Ikeuba, Azubike Ekpunobi, Imosobome Lucky IKhioya, Kuffre Imoh Udofia, Joseph Effiom-Edem Ntibi, Chiaghanam Ndubuisi Ozoemena, M. A. Abua
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Authors retain copyright and grant the Revista Mexicana de Física right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
