Electrical and Physical Properties of Nanocomposited MEH-PPV: CNTs for Organic Solar Cells Application

Abstract:

This paper discussed the physical and electrical properties of annealed and non-annealed CNTs in nanocomposited MEH-PPV:CNTs. By comparing these two types of CNTs, it is proven that annealed CNTs showed improvement in both properties compared to the non-annealed CNTs. The main improvement related to the physical properties from one aspect, influence the electrical of the nanocomposited MEH-PPV:CNTs thin film. The non-annealed CNTs with diameter size 8-9 nm is lessen to 5-6 nm after annealing. The photo conductivity increased from 11.2 x 10^-3 S/m to 22.9 x 10^-3 S/m.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 832)
• Pages: 687-690
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.832.687
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Puteri Sarah Mohamad Saad, Fazlinashatul Suhaidah Zahid, Mohamad Rusop Mahmood
• Keywords: Annealed, CNT, MEH-PPV, Nanocomposite, Non-Annealed

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