Synthetic MetalsPub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117784
Imran Khan , Anwar ul Haq Ali Shah , Salma Bilal , Philipp Röse
{"title":"Potentiostatic synthesis of polyaniline zinc and iron oxide composites for energy storage applications","authors":"Imran Khan , Anwar ul Haq Ali Shah , Salma Bilal , Philipp Röse","doi":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117784","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117784","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study introduces an efficient potentiostatic method to enhance the energy storage performance of polyaniline (PN) by synthesizing PN@ZnO (PNZ), PN@Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (PNF), and PN@ZnFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> (PNZF) hybrid electrodes with defined porous morphology. The precise selection and control of the working potential during electro-polymerization and metal oxide integration using the linear sweep voltammetry was key for synthesizing the polymer hybrid electrodes reproducible and with defined composition and structure. The PNZF electrode demonstrated the highest specific capacitances of 816 F g<sup>−1</sup> and 791.3 F g<sup>−1</sup> at a scan rate of 5 mV s<sup>−1</sup> and 1.0 A g<sup>−1</sup> current density, along with high power density and energy density of 1058.4 W kg<sup>−1</sup> and 136.4 Wh kg<sup>−1</sup>, and with excellent stability retaining 90 % over 4000 cycles. We could attribute the excellent performance to a low charge transfer resistance of 25.0 Ω, a predominantly surface-controlled charge storage mechanism, and a porous morphology with uniform distribution of ZnFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> particles in the polymer network, all resulting from the electrochemical synthesis method. Our study provides valuable and new insights into the structural, optical, and electrochemical properties of PN composites, particularly PNZF.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22245,"journal":{"name":"Synthetic Metals","volume":"310 ","pages":"Article 117784"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142652368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Synthetic MetalsPub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117785
Zhiyong Zhang , Qijie Lin , Liang Xie , Zeguang Wu , Lifei Yi , Jiamin Cao , Qiang Tao , Wanqiang Liu , Xin Zhang , Hui Huang
{"title":"Hybrid nonfullerene acceptors based on thieno[2′,3′:4,5]thieno[3,2-b]indole for efficient organic solar cells","authors":"Zhiyong Zhang , Qijie Lin , Liang Xie , Zeguang Wu , Lifei Yi , Jiamin Cao , Qiang Tao , Wanqiang Liu , Xin Zhang , Hui Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117785","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117785","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The emergence of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) has revived organic solar cells (OSCs) and promoted its industrialization significantly. Nowadays there are two main kinds of fused-ring electron acceptors: ITIC series and Y-series NFAs. Herein, two hybrid NFAs TIT-H and TIT-EH integrated ITIC series and Y-series NFAs have been developed, which based on thieno[2′,3′:4,5]thieno[3,2-<em>b</em>]indole-thiophene with one spiro group. TIT-H and TIT-EH both exhibited excellent thermal stability, low optical bandgaps of ∼1.5 eV, planar molecular geometries, and suitable energy levels. As a result, OSCs based on PM6:TIT-EH afforded a decent PCE of 13.32 %, with an <em>V</em><sub>OC</sub> of 0.856 V, a <em>J</em><sub>SC</sub> of 23.50 mA/cm<sup>2</sup> and a FF of 65.91 %, which was due to the suitable intermolecular interactions of TIT-EH, balanced charge carrier mobilities and face-on orientation in blend films. As comparison, PM6:TIT-H cell exhibited lower PCE of 12.26 %. These results demonstrated that hybrid NFAs are promising for OSC applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22245,"journal":{"name":"Synthetic Metals","volume":"310 ","pages":"Article 117785"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142652403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Synthetic MetalsPub Date : 2024-11-13DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117781
Nguyen My Tu Tran, Bharath Dyaga, Godeline Mireille Nzouadi, Bruno Schmaltz, Nicolas Berton
{"title":"Para-azaquinodimethane-based quinoidal copolymers: Significant enhancement of electrochemical performances and stability with conformational planarity","authors":"Nguyen My Tu Tran, Bharath Dyaga, Godeline Mireille Nzouadi, Bruno Schmaltz, Nicolas Berton","doi":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117781","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117781","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The electrochemical properties of quinoidal-donor (Q-D) alternating copolymers based on the new and attractive quinoidal unit para-azaquinodimethane (p-AQM) are investigated for the first time. A family of four polymers, namely PAQM3T, PAQM4T, PAQM2T-TT and PAQM2T-TVT, designed with different comonomers, is studied using cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge/discharge cycling, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and spectroelectrochemistry. While p-AQM molecules are known to be relatively unstable, it is demonstrated here that the Q-D polymers can be reversibly oxidized, indicating that p-doping does not generate highly reactive radical species on the methylene carbons of the alkoxy-substituted p-AQM units. This distinctive behavior of polymers <em>vs</em> small molecules can be attributed to a more efficient delocalization of radicals over the conjugated backbone. However, it is found that electrochemical performances and stability depend strongly on the nature of the donor unit. PAQM2T-TVT, having enhanced quinoidal character due to the presence of planar thiophene-vinylene-thiophene (TVT) units in its backbone, exhibits the highest specific and areal capacitance values (331 F/g and 83 mF/cm<sup>2</sup>, respectively) as well as improved capacitance retention upon galvanostatic cycling, up to 92 % after 200 cycles. Moreover, PAQM2T-TVT also shows remarkably improved rate capability, withstanding current densities as high as 10 mA/cm<sup>2</sup>, owing to higher electronic and ionic conductivity. This work suggests that the inclusion of monomer units inducing enhanced conformational planarity of the polymer backbone is crucial in optimizing the electrochemical properties and cyclability of p-AQM based polymers, making them promising materials for advanced electrochemical applications including (micro)supercapacitors and batteries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22245,"journal":{"name":"Synthetic Metals","volume":"310 ","pages":"Article 117781"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142652369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Synthetic MetalsPub Date : 2024-11-13DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117783
Hailu Liu , Huanian Zhang , Mengjie Li , Dakang Wu , Honglin Tang , Xiang Zhang , Meihua Huang , Bin Zhao
{"title":"Tuning molecular aggregation to enhance photovoltaic performance of polymers by isomerizing benzodithiophene moiety","authors":"Hailu Liu , Huanian Zhang , Mengjie Li , Dakang Wu , Honglin Tang , Xiang Zhang , Meihua Huang , Bin Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117783","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117783","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Benzo[1,2-<em>b</em>:4,5-<em>b</em>']dithiophene derivatives (BDT) have been extensively utilized as electron-donating (D) units for the synthesis of polymer donor materials. However, its isomers, benzo[2,1-<em>b</em>:3,4-<em>b</em>']dithiophene derivatives (<em>i</em>BDT), are rarely employed for this application. In this research, three polymer donors, namely PTz-BDT, PTz-<em>i</em>BDT-L, and PTz-<em>i</em>BDT-H, were designed and synthesized using BDT and <em>i</em>BDT as the D moieties, respectively. Notably, compared to PTz-BDT, the <em>i</em>BDT-based polymers exhibit superior solubility and more favorable aggregation properties. When combined with the non-fullerene acceptor Y6, the <em>i</em>BDT-based polymers exhibit a more advantageous phase morphology, tighter packing, higher charge mobilities, more balanced charge transport, and less charge recombination in the devices. Consequently, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the PTz-<em>i</em>BDT-H:Y6 PSC reaches 11.04 %, significantly surpassing those of the PSCs based on PTz-BDT (7.15 %) and the <em>i</em>BDT-based polymers reported in literature. This study introduces an effective approach to enhance the performance of polymeric donors by isomerizing its backbone and synchronously increasing its molecular weight.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22245,"journal":{"name":"Synthetic Metals","volume":"310 ","pages":"Article 117783"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142652367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Synthetic MetalsPub Date : 2024-11-12DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117782
Mingming Li , Wenxiang Wang , Yang Wu , Zheng Wei , Jiawang You , Yongjun Li , Lianfeng Sun , Tao He
{"title":"Modulation of Luttinger liquid behavior by multi-channel electron transport in aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube arrays","authors":"Mingming Li , Wenxiang Wang , Yang Wu , Zheng Wei , Jiawang You , Yongjun Li , Lianfeng Sun , Tao He","doi":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117782","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117782","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the case of one-dimensional systems, Luttinger liquid states are typically anticipated, which have previously been identified primarily in nanoscopic devices fabricated from isolated bundles of single- or multi-walled carbon nanotubes. In this study, the electrical transport properties of aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube arrays were investigated. The resistance of both aligned arrays and those covered with metal Mo exhibits a strong dependence on temperature, demonstrating a power-law relationship of <em>R∼T</em><sup>–<em>α</em></sup> below 100 K. The Luttinger liquid behavior was modulated by tuning the electron-transport channels via alerting the number of walls that contribute to the conductance within the multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The exponent <em>α</em>, derived theoretically as a parameter that depends on the number of conducting channels, exhibits minimal variation across the arrays and declines rapidly with the tubular structure opening due to the solid-solid reaction between the magnetron-sputtered molybdenum and the carbon atoms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22245,"journal":{"name":"Synthetic Metals","volume":"309 ","pages":"Article 117782"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oxidative electrofluorochromism of rhodamine in electropolymerized rhodamine-carbazole dyads","authors":"Jennifer Calderon-Mora , Baptiste Maillot , Jean-Frédéric Audibert , Philippe Decorse , Isabelle Bonnamour , Roxanne Mollandin de Boissy , Florian Guier , Ulrich Darbost , Vitor Brasiliense , Fabien Miomandre","doi":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117779","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117779","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A rhodamine-carbazole dyad has been synthesized and electropolymerized to generate thin films. The spectroelectrochemical properties of the resulting polymer are investigated both in absorption and emission. We show that the luminescence of the rhodamine unit is partially quenched by the carbazole moiety and this quenching is strongly enhanced upon oxidation. A reversible switch of the emission intensity between two redox states is demonstrated, but the stability is strongly dependent on the film thickness and proportion of carbazole in the polymerization medium. This luminescence quenching can be used to follow the electropolymerization reaction since a strong decrease of intensity occurs as soon as the oxidative coupling reaction starts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22245,"journal":{"name":"Synthetic Metals","volume":"310 ","pages":"Article 117779"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142652352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Synthetic MetalsPub Date : 2024-11-10DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117780
Hengkang Zhang , Leyan Yin , Yurui Wang , Yuxing Chen , Shiyan Liu , Qiufeng Ye , Kuankuan Ren , Zhiyao Yao , Bingquan Wang , Bo Yao , Gang He , Qing Yu , Xinmin Lv , Zebo Fang
{"title":"Ultra-low dark current and high sensitivity lead-free perovskite–like photodetector realized by anti-solvent optimization Cs3Bi2I9 amorphous film","authors":"Hengkang Zhang , Leyan Yin , Yurui Wang , Yuxing Chen , Shiyan Liu , Qiufeng Ye , Kuankuan Ren , Zhiyao Yao , Bingquan Wang , Bo Yao , Gang He , Qing Yu , Xinmin Lv , Zebo Fang","doi":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117780","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117780","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Compared with lead halide perovskite, bismuth-based perovskite has lower toxicity and air stability, demonstrating enormous potential for application, among them, Cs<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>I<sub>9</sub> materials has been researched as an alternative to lead-based perovskite for application of optoelectronic devices. It is crucial for the realization of high-performance photodetectors which need high-quality perovskite thin films. Here, we prepared a lead-free, all-inorganic, Cs<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>I<sub>9</sub> perovskite-like amorphous films by spin coating method, and diethyl ether was added as an anti-solvent at different times of spin-coating. The results show that the homogeneous and dense Cs<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>I<sub>9</sub> amorphous films can be obtained by adding anti-solvent at 14 s. Furthermore, Cs<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>I<sub>9</sub> perovskite-like UV photodetector achieved extremely low dark current around ∼ pA range, high sensitivity of 1.10 × 10<sup>4</sup> was fabricated. Our research shows that the preparation of Cs<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>I<sub>9</sub> amorphous films by the simple antisolvent-assisted spin-coating method are very promising for optoelectronic device.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22245,"journal":{"name":"Synthetic Metals","volume":"309 ","pages":"Article 117780"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Synthetic MetalsPub Date : 2024-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117776
Nawal Alghamdi , Ahmed G. El-Shamy
{"title":"A review on the recent progress in thermoelectric aerogels: Fabrications, generators, marine harvesting, sensors, and thermocells applications","authors":"Nawal Alghamdi , Ahmed G. El-Shamy","doi":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117776","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117776","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Thermoelectric (TE) aerogels, as new class of TE materials, and their devices have recently captured the attention of the scientific community, as they have the features of both TE materials and aerogels in harvesting heat to electricity, low density, high porosity, super-low thermal conductivity, abundance, affordability and being environmentally friendly compared to the traditional TE materials. Therefore, the progress in fabrication processes of organic, inorganic and their hybrid aerogels has been extensively grown nowadays to obtain desirable TE aerogels and overcome their limitations in terms of low figure of merit (<em>zT</em>), scalability, mechanical durability, long-term stability, and reliability of flexible and stretchable thermoelectric aerogels are challenges today. This drives the researchers, in the last two decades, to increase the development of TE aerogels and reach the unobtainable TE modules, with new and desirable modular architectures (thicknesses/surfaces) and bendable features at the same time. Therefore, this study does not only introduce a summary of recent works in terms of their (organic, inorganic, and/or hybrid) structures, fabrication methods, TE functions, and key factors impacting TE functions and their related mechanisms, but it answers some important questions such as: Why is the aerogel considered as an important TE material?. And another question is: Is it possible to achieve a polymeric (PEDOT:PSS and/or others) aerogel with high electrical conductivity σ > 100 Scm<sup>−1</sup> and low thermal conductivity <em>k</em> < 100 mWmK<sup>−1</sup> without any additives?. And also another pivotal question: To what extent can aerogels replace the traditional TE materials?. Then, the wide range/variety of TE aerogel applications such as generators, single, dual and/or multifunction sensors, internet of things (IoT), thermocells, and ocean (marine) energy harvesting have been briefly described. In conclusions, the highlights on the current challenges and some preliminary proposals for future work perspectives are offered.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22245,"journal":{"name":"Synthetic Metals","volume":"310 ","pages":"Article 117776"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142652402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Synthetic MetalsPub Date : 2024-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117777
Asit Hait , Varghese Maria Angela , Paliyottil Kesavan Bhagyanath , Predhanekar Mohamed Imran , Nattamai.S.P. Bhuvanesh , Samuthira Nagarajan
{"title":"Design and synthesis of pyridine-bridged benzothiazole-based D-A system for SRAM memory devices","authors":"Asit Hait , Varghese Maria Angela , Paliyottil Kesavan Bhagyanath , Predhanekar Mohamed Imran , Nattamai.S.P. Bhuvanesh , Samuthira Nagarajan","doi":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117777","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117777","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study focused on designing small donor-acceptor (D-A) frameworks for resistive memory devices. We synthesized five new organic molecules using pyridine bridged to benzothiazole and various donor moieties (triphenylamine, naphthalene, benzothiophene, t-butyl phenyl, and mesityl group) via Suzuki cross-coupling to study their memory performance. The compounds with triphenylamine and naphthalene exhibited good semiconductor behavior, with a band gap of 3.11 eV and 3.44 eV, respectively. The benzothiazole moiety, employed as a shallow trap in the acceptor segment, demonstrated the SRAM characteristics of all devices. This study examined how varying the potency of electron-donating substituents impacts charge transfer and volatile memory behavior in a small D-A system. Memory devices with triphenylamine and naphthalene donors showed binary SRAM behavior with high ON/OFF ratios of 2.82 × 10<sup>3</sup> and 2.36 × 10<sup>3</sup>, while t-butylphenyl and mesityl donors exhibited lower ratios of 1.43 × 10<sup>1</sup> and 4.08 × 10<sup>1</sup>, respectively. All the compounds exhibited switching characteristics at a low threshold voltage of −1 to −1.3 V. The analysis of HOMO, LUMO energy levels, and ESP images of all compounds from the DFT study, collectively indicate charge transfer and trapping are the operative mechanisms in volatile SRAM devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22245,"journal":{"name":"Synthetic Metals","volume":"309 ","pages":"Article 117777"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Synthetic MetalsPub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117775
Muhammad Jamshaid Shabbir , Ruqyya Aqeel , Miqdad Hassan , Farhan Sadiq , Imran Sadiq , N. Bano , Abdul Moqeet Hai , Robert C. Pullar , Muhammad Raheel , Muhammad Talha Arif , Samreen Saeed , Saira Riaz , Shahzad Naseem
{"title":"Synergetic effect of hexaferrite and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in photothermal therapy and hyperthermia applications","authors":"Muhammad Jamshaid Shabbir , Ruqyya Aqeel , Miqdad Hassan , Farhan Sadiq , Imran Sadiq , N. Bano , Abdul Moqeet Hai , Robert C. Pullar , Muhammad Raheel , Muhammad Talha Arif , Samreen Saeed , Saira Riaz , Shahzad Naseem","doi":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117775","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117775","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research article describes the synthesis of composite materials by combining T-type hexagonal ferrite and reduced Graphene Oxide using the standard ceramic process. The Calcium-based T-type hexagonal ferrite was synthesized by using the sol-gel auto-combustion method while the reduced graphene oxide by adopting the Hummer method. The crystallite size varied in the range of 23.38 -39.16 nm as calculated from the X-ray diffraction (XRD) data. Consequently, the lattice parameters 'a' and 'c' decreased from 5.9 to 5.1 Å and from 29.92 to 28.32 Å, respectively. The use of atomic force microscopy (AFM) revealed a range of particle sizes at the surface, varying from 1.70 nm to 3.85 nm. Moreover, the saturation and remanence magnetization values demonstrated an increasing trend with T-type hexaferrites concentration whereas the coercivity decreased. The UV–vis near-infrared spectra exhibited substantial light absorption, characterized by a wide absorption range in the visible and near-infrared (NIR) region (700–1100 nm) which indicates its use in Photothermal therapy (PTT). The Calcium T- type hexaferrite exhibited clear peaks in the blue, green, violet, and yellow spectra in its photoluminescence (PL) properties. These peaks are believed to be caused by oxygen vacancies and defects. The synthesized samples displayed a lossy behavior in the polarization-electric field (P-E) loop, with saturation polarization levels exceeding remnant polarization, which is an amenable condition for lossy behavior. Most importantly, the synthesized materials had significant thermal responses when exposed to an alternation (AC) magnetic field, indicating their potential use in magnetic hyperthermia applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22245,"journal":{"name":"Synthetic Metals","volume":"309 ","pages":"Article 117775"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}