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Synthesis, characterization and optical properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes/aniline-o-anthranilic acid copolymer nanocomposite thin films

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Carboxylic functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes/aniline-anthranilic acid copolymer composites with different amounts of MWCNTs were produced by the method of in situ oxidative polymerization. Thin films of the composites were fabricated by thermal evaporation method within the thickness range of 150–200 nm. The structural characteristics of the investigated composites were studied by various techniques. SEM images showed that the resulting nanoparticles have irregular entangled like-plate layers with an average diameter range of 40–60 nm. Indirect optical band gaps Eg1 and Eg2 were calculated depending on the energy range of composite thin films. Electronic parameters of MWCNTs/PANAA thin film, including diode ideality factor (n), series resistance (Rs) and shunt resistance (Rsh) were determined from the I–V characteristic in the dark under different temperatures. The values of n, Rs, and Rsh were found to be 3.80, 5.6 × 104 (Ω), and 1.64 × 106 (Ω), respectively at room temperature.

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  1. Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, King Abdul-Aziz University, Rabigh, 21911, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    M. H. Abdel-Aziz & M. Sh. Zoromba

  2. Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    M. H. Abdel-Aziz

  3. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science - New Valley, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt

    A. F. Al-Hossainy

  4. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Northern Border University, Arar, 13221, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    A. F. Al-Hossainy

  5. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt

    A. Ibrahim

  6. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, 42521, Egypt

    S. A. Abd El-Maksoud & M. Sh. Zoromba

  7. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

    M. Bassyouni

  8. Department of Chemical Engineering, The Egyptian Academy for Engineering and Advanced Technology, Ministry of Military Production, Cairo, Egypt

    S. M. S. Abdel-Hamid

  9. Physics Department, Faculty of Science – New Valley, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt

    A. A. I. Abd-Elmageed

  10. Deptartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, 34517, Egypt

    I. A. Elsayed

  11. Physics Department, Faculty of Science and Humanitarians, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, 11942, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Abdel-Aziz, M.H., Al-Hossainy, A.F., Ibrahim, A. et al. Synthesis, characterization and optical properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes/aniline-o-anthranilic acid copolymer nanocomposite thin films. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 16702–16714 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-9763-z

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