Study on existence of CNT in nanocomposite CNT/MEH-PPV thin film

Author

Sarah, M.S.P. ; Musa, M.Z. ; Suriani, A.B. ; Jumali, N.S. ; Shaameri, Z. ; Hamzah, A.S. ; Rusop, M.

Author_Institution

Solar Cell Lab., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2010

Firstpage

241

Lastpage

243

Abstract

Spin coating method is used to deposit nanocomposite CNT/MEH-PPV thin film on a glass substrate. The MEH-PPV which is in powder form was weighted and then dissolved into THF. Then, a certain amount of CNTs were added to the MEH-PPV solution. It is then stirred for 3 hours and sonicated for 1 hour to ensure that CNTs is well dispersed in the MEH-PPV solution. The addition of CNTs in the MEH-PPV solution yields a nanocomposite CNT/MEH-PPV solution. The characterization done was to evaluate the conductance as well as the absorption. The conductance and absorption of the nanocomposite showed an increment in value due to the existence of the CNTs.

Keywords

absorption; carbon nanotubes; nanocomposites; organic semiconductors; semiconductor thin films; spin coating; C; MEH-PPV thin film; absorption; carbon nanotube; glass substrate; nanocomposite; poly[2-methoxy-5-(2´-ethyl-hexyloxy)]-1,4-phenylene vinylene; spin coating; Absorption; Coatings; Glass; Optical films; Photovoltaic cells; Polymers; Solvents; Substrates; Temperature; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6608-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMELEC.2010.5549572

Filename

5549572