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ArticlePolymers2021

Fabrication and Characterization of Polypyrrole/Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Thin Films Using Thermal Evaporation.

Alaa Attar, Rima D Alharthy, Mohammed Zwawi, Mohammed Algarni, Faisal Albatati, Mohamed Bassyouni, Mohamed Helmy Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed Shafick Zoromba, Ahmed F Al-Hossainy

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors.

Alaa AttarMechanical Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 21911, Saudi Arabia.
Rima D AlharthyDepartment of Chemistry, Science and Arts College, Rabigh Campus, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21577, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed ZwawiMechanical Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 21911, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9905-0726
Mohammed AlgarniMechanical Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 21911, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2439-1611
Faisal AlbatatiMechanical Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 21911, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1986-0903
Mohamed BassyouniDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Port Fouad 42526, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8711-6019
Mohamed Helmy Abdel-AzizChemical and Materials Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 21911, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3075-4968
Mohamed Shafick ZorombaChemical and Materials Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 21911, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed F Al-HossainyChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Al-Wadi Al-Gadid, Al-Kharga 72511, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-5531-6940

Funding

Ministry of Education and King Ab-dulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. IFRC-011-829-2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polypyrrole/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composites (PPy/MWCNTs) were produced in an acidic solution utilizing an in situ oxidative polymerization method using ferric chloride as an oxidizing agent and sodium dodecyl sulfate as a soft template. Thermal evaporation was used to fabricate thin films from polypyrrole/multiwalled carbon nanotube composites. The resulting composites were examined by different techniques to explore their morphology, structural and electrical characteristics. The surface morphology analysis revealed that polypyrrole structure is a two-dimensional film with impeded nanoparticles and the thickness of coated PPy around the MWCNTs decreases when increasing the amount of MWCNTs. XRD analysis revealed that the average crystallite size of the prepared composites is 62.26 nm. The direct energy gap for PPy is affected by a factor ranging from 2.41 eV to 1.47 eV depending on the contents of MWCNTs. The thin film's optical properties were examined using experimental and TDDFT-DFT/DMOl

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multi-walled carbon nanotubespolypyrrole compositessolar cell application

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PMID34833341
PMCPMC8620608

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