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{"title":"Multifunctional N-doped fluorescent carbon dots for cholesterol monitoring at ultra-low concentration and dye degradation","authors":"Bushra Bostan ,&nbsp;Inam Ullah ,&nbsp;Mian Muhammad ,&nbsp;Muhammad Sadiq ,&nbsp;Saman Ara Gul","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100956","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100956","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The modified hydrothermal protocol was used to synthesize N-Doped fluorescent carbon dots (N-FCDs) by utilizing urea (0.4 g) and D‐glucose (0.25 g) as a raw material and used for the determination of cholesterol level in human serum as well as utilized for photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO). The N-FCDs exhibited spherical morphology, well defined lattice structure, with atoms arranged in an ordered manner, resulting in a single contiguous crystalline phase having particle size of 3.5 nm as revealed from TEM analysis. The presence of different functional groups enables its wide range applicability. The effect of different experimental conditions like pH, autoclave time, stability and concentration on the fluoresce intensity (FI) of N-FCDs were examined. Maximum emission at 428 nm followed by excitation at 375 nm was observed for N-FCDs (autoclave; 10 h) dispersed in distilled water at pH ≈ 4. The fluorescent N-FCDs were found to undergo quenching upon complexation with hemoglobin (Hb). The quenched complex upon the reaction with cholesterol increases the fluorescence intensity which was examined as a function of cholesterol concentration (0–100 µM). The N-FCDs were able to detect the cholesterol level up to 1258.8 µg/mL which were in good agreement with results from local pathology lab 1280 µgmL^-1. The N-FCDs was also used for the degradation of methyl orange (MO) dye. Different reaction parameters like time (120 min), pH (4) and catalyst dose (0.1 g) was optimized to get maximum efficiency. The N-FCDs effectively degraded 85 % of the MO at optimized reaction conditions. The heterogeneity of the catalyst and adsorption of the dye was confirmed by Freundlich isotherm model (R² = 0.97). The photocatalyst was used for multiple cycles without a prominent decrease in activity. The result showed that N-FCDs can be used for a variety of applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100956"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144653192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles using methanolic extracts of Ulva lactuca: GC/MS analysis, antibacterial, antioxidant, and antidiabetic activity","authors":"N.V. Mrunalini ,&nbsp;P. Naga Deepthi ,&nbsp;B. Kishori ,&nbsp;S.B. Sainath","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100923","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100923","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, we aimed at biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles (NPs) based methanolic extracts of marine macro-algae, <em>Ulva lactuca</em> and to evaluate the antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant and antidiabetic effects of green synthesized silver-NPs. The biosynthesized silver-NPs showed maximum absorption between 395 nm to 400 nm in the UV–visible spectrum. X-ray diffraction and Scanning electron microscopy analyses revealed that the synthesized silver-NPs were spherical in shape. Fourier transmission infrared measurements indicated that the methanolic extracts of <em>U. lactuca</em> comprised of bioactive groups accountable for the reduction of silver ions, suggesting occurrence of capping agents and provided stability to the synthesized silver-NPs. GC-MS analysis revealed several bioactive compounds in the methanolic extracts of <em>U. lactuca</em> and most notably we noticed diterpenoid like Neophytadiene. Following the characterization studies, the synthesized silver-NPs were analyzed for its antimicrobial, antioxidant and anti-diabetic abilities. Interestingly, biogenic silver-NPs exhibited antibacterial activity against <em>Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli</em> and <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em>, but did not elicit antifungal activity against <em>Candida albicans</em> and <em>Aspergillus niger at selected concentrations</em>. Synthesized silver-NPs using methanolic extracts of <em>U. lactuca</em> exhibited (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging activity, superoxide and hydroxy radicals scavenging activity and hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity suggesting antioxidant potential. Further, Phyto synthesized silver NPs also showed antidiabetic activity <em>in vitro</em> as indicated by alpha-glucosidase inhibitory assay. Based on the bioactivity of synthesized silver NPs using methanolic extracts of <em>U. lactuca</em>, it might be used in clinical use as an antibacterial, antioxidant and antidiabetic agent.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100923"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144653195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Alternative source of chitosan for the direct laser synthesis of Ag@chitosan composites with antibacterial and photocatalytic properties","authors":"M. Marsico ,&nbsp;A. Guarnieri ,&nbsp;M. Triunfo ,&nbsp;M. Curcio ,&nbsp;A. Galasso ,&nbsp;C. Scieuzo ,&nbsp;R. Salvia ,&nbsp;P. Falabella ,&nbsp;R. Teghil ,&nbsp;A. De Bonis","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100952","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100952","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, we used chitosan obtained from the pupal exuviae of the insect <em>Hermetia illucens</em> to produced silver nanoparticles (Ag@CSE) by nanosecond laser ablation in liquid technique. The physic-chemical and functional properties of the obtained nanocomposite were compared to Ag@CS prepared by using a solution of chitosan from crustaceans as liquid, in the same experimental conditions. The composites were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Uv-vis and FTIR and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). The composites exhibit optical absorption at around 400 nm due to the presence of silver nanoparticles with a diameter of 11 and 14 nm for Ag@CS and Ag@CSE, respectively. We evaluated the antimicrobial capacity of these nanocomposites against two bacterial strains, <em>Escherichia coli</em> and <em>Micrococcus flavus</em>, by agar diffusion test and microdilution assay. Both composites showed a zone of inhibition of approximately 9 mm against both bacterial strains. Ag@CSE showed marked antimicrobial activity against <em>E. coli</em> up to 0.006 g/L, at which value Ag NPs alone lost their activity. The ability to photocatalyse the methylene blue degradation reaction of Ag@CS and Ag@CSE was tested under simulated solar irradiation conditions. The obtained results suggest that chitosan from HE is a valuable alternative source to chitosan from crustaceans and that the obtained composites can be considered for biomedical and photodegradation applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100952"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144653217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of quaternary ammonium moieties on poly(phenylene oxide) based anion exchange membranes for acid reclamation by diffusion dialysis","authors":"Prashant Upadhyay ,&nbsp;Sarthak Mishra ,&nbsp;Sweety Suhag ,&nbsp;Vaibhav Kulshrestha","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100937","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100937","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Disposal of acidic effluent pose significant environmental challenges. To mitigate this challenge, acid reclamation from the effluent offers a sustainable solution. Therefore, membrane-based separation processes such as diffusion dialysis (DD) have proven practical approach for acid reclamation. Here, we report a designed synthesis of anion exchange membrane (AEMs) from brominated poly(phenylene oxide) followed by quaternization with four various quaternary ammonium (QA) moieties. These QA groups are aliphatic, cyclic aliphatic, aromatic, and bicyclic. The fabricated membrane’s structural, morphological, and thermo-mechanical stabilities were illustrated through ¹H NMR, FT-IR spectroscopy, SEM, AFM, UTM and TGA analysis. Among the prepared membranes, AEM-4 exhibited outstanding electrochemical traits: water uptake (27 %), ion exchange capacity (1.1 meq g⁻¹), and conductivity (9.8 mS cm⁻¹). The acid reclamation of fabricated membranes was evaluated in a lab-scale setup, focusing on proton diffusion coefficient (U_H⁺) and separation factor. AEM-4 membrane demonstrated superior proton diffusion coefficient (17.3 × 10⁻³ m h⁻¹) and separation factor (54.4) in acid effluents (HCl/FeCl₂), surpassing AEM-1, AEM-2, and AEM-3 by ∼1.3, ∼1.2 and ∼1.0 times, respectively. This study investigated the impact of these QA groups on AEM properties, aiming to identify the optimal QA group for synthesizing AEMs for DD application.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100937"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144653216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MnO2 loaded soybean stem activated carbon for capacitive removal of phenolphthalein in simulated laboratory wastewater: A new strategy for sustainable water treatment","authors":"Narasimha Raghavendra ,&nbsp;Soukhyarani Gopal Nayak ,&nbsp;Chetankumar Bhat ,&nbsp;Vinod Kavalur","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100949","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100949","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The primary objective of this work is to remove the phenolphthalein (PhIn) from wastewater using a simple and highly effective adsorption methodology based on manganese oxide (MnO₂)-modified activated carbon (AC) nanocomposites. MnO₂-AC nanocomposites were synthesized using the mechano-chemical preparation process. In order to witness the physico-chemical properties, the synthesized manganese oxides-modified activated carbon have been evaluated using the several analytical techniques such as FT-IR, Raman spectroscopy, SEM with EDX, optical profilometer, XRD, particle size and zeta potential analyser. Manganese oxides-modified activated carbon was successfully prepared, as evidenced by the results. The soyabean stem activated carbon- manganese oxide (SyTAC-MnO₂) nanocomposite zeta potential is 10.1 mV indicating the stability of nanocomposite. The MnO₂ metal oxide particles were effectively incorporated into the activated carbon void area of soybean stems. The adsorption of PhIn on the SyTAC-MnO₂ was best characterized by the Freundlich isotherm model. Batch adsorption study revealed that, the maximum PhIn removal from the aqueous solution was 92.2 % at 298 K. The adsorption process was believed to involve the electrostatic contact. The PhIn adsorption on SyTAC-MnO₂ was further shown to be spontaneously exothermic and to reduce disorder by calculating the thermodynamic parameters (ΔG, ΔH, and ΔS). The pseudo-second-order kinetic model may be able to capture the kinetic process, according to the R² values (= 0.958). High removal efficiency was observed in the pH range of 2–6, and there was a direct correlation between pH and SyTAC-MnO₂'s adsorption capability for PhIn. Monte Carlo (MC) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) provided support for the experimental results. SyTAC-MnO₂ may therefore be a useful adsorbent for the adsorptive removal of PhIn from the wastewater. For thorough water filtration, the synthetic SyTAC-MnO₂ nanocomposite provided an economical and sustainable source of materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100949"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144653191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Study of surface hardness and self-healing ability of DA modified polyurethane coating","authors":"Babloo Roy Gautam,&nbsp;Nazrul Islam Khan","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100955","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100955","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, a self-healable polyurethane coating has been developed with the help of the Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction mechanism. This coating powder was prepared by adding DA-based healing agents in hydroxyl-functionalized polyester resin and uretdione crosslinker and applied on a well-prepared steel substrate using the electrostatic spray method. Two samples were prepared with 5 wt% and 10 wt% of healing agents with respect to the polyester resin. DSC test was performed to confirm the DA and retro-DA reaction. A depth-sensing nano-indentation test was carried out to check the hardness of the coating, and the surface roughness of the film was analysed by surface profilometer and FESEM analysis of the coated surface. The healing characteristics of these prepared samples were analysed by a scratch healing test and compared with coating without a healing agent. The hardness of the film was improved by ∼3 % and 12 % with the addition of 5 wt% and 10 wt% healing agent, respectively. Surface roughness of the coating was improved by the addition of a healing agent. Coating with 5 wt% and 10 wt% healing agent shows maximum healing efficiency of ∼85.6 % and ∼93.6 % at 120 °C within 30 min, respectively. DA-based polyurethane coating has the potential to improve the life cycle of the coating.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100955"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144653194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Synergistic effect of anthocyanin-rich Euphorbia milii dye and TiCl4-passivation on 1D TiO2-based DSSCs","authors":"Kumar Vaisno Srivastava ,&nbsp;Anjesh Srivastava ,&nbsp;Raj Kumar Maurya ,&nbsp;Yatendra Pal Singh ,&nbsp;Abhishek Srivastava","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100945","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100945","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents the development of eco-sustainable dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) incorporating anthocyanin-rich <em>Euphorbia milii flower</em> (EMF) extract as a natural photosensitiser and hydrothermally synthesised one-dimensional TiO₂ nanorods (TNRs) as photoanodes. TNR photoanodes fabricated with varying hydrothermal durations (6, 8, and 10 h) were systematically evaluated. Among them, TNR<strong>8</strong> exhibited the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 1.12 %, attributed to its optimized surface morphology, enhanced dye-loading capacity, and superior charge transport. The EMF dye demonstrated strong absorption in the 400–600 nm range and successfully anchored onto TNRs through -COOH and -OH functional groups, as confirmed by FTIR analysis. To further improve photovoltaic performance, TiCl₄ surface passivation was applied to the TNR<strong>8</strong> photoanode. This treatment resulted in a uniform TiO₂ overlayer that passivated surface trap states, enhanced crystallinity, and improved dye adsorption, collectively suppressing charge recombination and promoting efficient electron transport. Consequently, the passivated <strong>p-</strong>TNR<strong>8</strong> photoanode achieved a significantly enhanced PCE of 2.60 %, with a short-circuit current density (J_SC) of 17.24 mA cm⁻² and an open-circuit voltage (V_OC) of 499 mV. The notable ∼132 % increase in efficiency is ascribed to reduced interfacial recombination resistance (R_Ct: from 23.32 to 13.42 Ω·cm²) and a red-shifted absorption onset (E_g: from 3.07 to 3.02 eV) resulting from improved electronic interactions at the TiO₂/dye interface. Compared to expensive commercial dyes such as N719 (&gt; $1000/g), the EMF dye offers a low-cost (&lt; $1/g), environmentally benign, and scalable alternative. These results demonstrate the practical viability of natural dye-sensitized DSSCs and highlight the significance of photoanode engineering and interfacial optimization in advancing green and affordable photovoltaic technologies for sustainable energy applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100945"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144653190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nitrogen/nitrogen-zirconium doped cobalt nanoferrites for the catalytic degradation of 4-chlorophenol from wastewater","authors":"Kavitha Sreedharan ,&nbsp;Manju Kurian","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100919","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100919","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Degradative oxidation of 4-chlorophenol in water under ambient conditions was studied by means of peroxide oxidation over nitrogen/nitrogen-zirconium doped spinel cobalt ferrite nanoparticles synthesized by wet impregnation/coprecipitation methods. X-ray diffraction, X-ray Fluorescence spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectroscopy, surface area measurements, and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopic studies were done to evaluate the physicochemical properties. Single phasic cubic spinel ferrites with particle sizes ranging from 15 to 24 nm were obtained. Saturation magnetization decreased with doping of Zr and N. Zr/N doped cobalt ferrites were excellent magnetically recoverable catalysts for the abatement of 4-chlorophenol at 50 °C in 75 min, with concomitant decrease in COD levels of the residual water. The catalysts were active for four consecutive cycles without any deterioration in the spinel structure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100919"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144634312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comprehensive review of hydrogels as potential drug carriers for anticancer therapies: Properties, development and future prospects","authors":"Renu Baweja ,&nbsp;Rangnath Ravi ,&nbsp;Ritvik Baweja ,&nbsp;Sanjana Gupta ,&nbsp;Ayush Sachan ,&nbsp;Vavilala Pratyusha ,&nbsp;Mohiuddin Khan Warsi ,&nbsp;Shiv Dutt Purohit ,&nbsp;Abhijeet Mishra ,&nbsp;Razi Ahmad","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100913","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100913","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hydrogels are porous hydrophilic polymers that can retain water and absorb water-based solutions. They have specific characteristics like permeability, elasticity, and stiffness, which can be used in various biomedical applications, especially cancer treatment. Due to high water content and flexibility similar to living tissues, hydrogels have wide-ranging biomedical uses. Crosslinking within hydrogels provides structural stability while enabling the absorption and release of water, solutes, and even drugs or biomolecules. Hydrogels with nanotechnology have synergistically led to the development of new environmentally friendly, biocompatible, and biodegradable targeted drug delivery systems. Among them, carbohydrate-based hydrogels with excellent biocompatibility are the best candidates for cancer treatment. Recently, hydrogels have emerged as promising drug carriers for cancer treatment. They minimize the severity of side effects compared to systemic chemotherapy and facilitate sustained drug delivery locally at specific tumor sites. The vast diversity in size, nature of the polymer used (natural or synthetic), and drug delivery route of various hydrogels used in cancer treatment are of great significance, which has been highlighted explicitly in this review. As research continues to refine hydrogel-based drug delivery systems, they offer hope for more effective and personalized treatment options, ultimately improving cancer patients' outcomes and quality of life.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100913"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144571282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development in PANI based solar cells: Progress on high-throughput methods, physical-chemical properties and device performance","authors":"Subhash Chander ,&nbsp;Surya Kant Tripathi ,&nbsp;Inderpreet Kaur","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100895","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100895","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The polymers have excellent electrical insulating properties, while conjugated-conducting polymers have semiconductor behavior. These polymers can become conductive due to addition or eliminating the electrons to the backbone of polymers. Polyaniline (PANI) conducting polymer has excellent electrochemical and photoelectrical properties. In addition to carbonaceous materials and metallic composites, PANI are essential in devices that rely on energy conversion and storage. PANI, carbonaceous materials, and metallic composites are crucial components of energy storage and conversion-based devices. It has also shown substantial promise in supercapacitors. The focus in this communication is on the advancement in photophysical properties of PANI, its nanocomposite thin films and PANI-based solar cell devices. There is no comprehensive information available in the literature regarding this evolving technique. In order to close the gap, this communication will primarily concentrate on the photophysical characteristics of pure and doped PANI nanocomposite thin films and how they apply to PANI based solar cells. This review article discusses the advancement in well-known physical-chemical characteristics of PANI nanocomposite thin films and relevant photovoltaic devices with their up-to-date performance progress. This study covers the logical concepts and technologies to give a sufficient overview of the state-of-the-art for the progress on PANI based solar cells.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100895"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144556708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}