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Synthesis, optoelectronic and thermal characterization of PMMA-MWCNTs nanocomposite thin films incorporated by ZrO2 NPs

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PMMA polymer doped by multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) has attracted much attention as promising materials for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications. The undoped poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and PMMA/MWCNTs nanocomposite films doped with varying concentrations of Zirconium dioxide nanoparticles (ZrO2 NPs) are synthesized using the casting method. It is found that the transmittance (\(T\%\)) decreases significantly as wt% = 5% of MWCNTs is injected into PMMA matrix. In addition, increasing the concentration of ZrO2 NPs into PMMA- MWCNTs nanocomposite thin films results in a further reduction of the transmittance and a further increase of the reflectance (\(R\%\)). The optical band gap energy (Eg) of PMMA-MWCNTs/ZrO2 NPs decreases from 4.063 \(eV\) to 3.845 \(eV\) upon injection of 5% of MWCNTs and gradually increasing the ZrO2 concentration in PMMA matrix. Furthermore, other essential optical parameters are estimated using different classical models such as Drude, Spitzer-Fan, Sellmeier, and Wemple–DiDomenico (WDD). Interestingly, thermal stability of PMMA-MWCNTs nanocomposite films is enhanced dramatically upon increasing the content of ZrO2 NPs. The synthesized nanocomposite thin films could be potential candidates for fabrication realistic scaled optoelectronic devices.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the deanship of scientific research at Jordan University of Science and Technology for financial, technical, and logistic support. Special acknowledgments are forwarded to Borhan A. Albiss and Mohammad A. Al-Omari at the department of Physics, Jordan University of Science and Technology, for the access provided for their laboratories.

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Migdadi, A.B., Ahmad, A.A., Alsaad, A.M. et al. Synthesis, optoelectronic and thermal characterization of PMMA-MWCNTs nanocomposite thin films incorporated by ZrO2 NPs. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 5087–5104 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-07699-8

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