Publication Type : Journal Article
Thematic Areas : Medical Sciences
Publisher : Materials Letters
Source : Materials Letters, Volume 64, Number 21, p.2369-2372 (2010)
Keywords : Chain entanglements, Co-electrospinning, Conducting polymers, Core-shell, Electrospinning, Electrospinning techniques, Fiber technology, FTIR analysis, Nano-materials, Nanofibers, Nanostructured materials, Organic conductors, Organic polymers, Polymer templates, Polyvinyl pyrrolidone, Post treatment, Rigid rods, Solar cloth, Solar energy, Solar energy materials, Solar radiation, TEM observations, Thiophene, Two-component
Campus : Kochi
School : School of Medicine
Department : Biostatistics
Year : 2010
Abstract : Electrospinning of a conjugated polymer is not possible due to the absence of chain entanglement (it exists as a rigid rod conformation in a solution), which is a prerequisite for electrospinning. In the present study, fabrication of core-shell nanofibers has been done by co-electrospinning of two components such as poly(3-hexyl thiophene) (P3HT) (a conducting polymer) or P3HT/PCBM as the core and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) as the shell. The TEM observation and FTIR analysis confirmed the encapsulation of the P3HT within the PVP polymer. Continuous P3HT or P3HT/PCBM nanofibers have been obtained by subsequent washing of the shell polymer template in a post-treatment step. These nanofibers were tested for solar cloth applications. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Cite this Research Publication : S. Sundarrajan, Murugan, R., A. S. Nair, and Ramakrishna, S., “Fabrication of P3HT/PCBM solar cloth by electrospinning technique”, Materials Letters, vol. 64, pp. 2369-2372, 2010.