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Synthesis and characterization of poly(L-lactide)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone)-grafted titanium dioxide nanoparticles via ring-opening in situ grafting polymerization
, Article Polymer Composites ; Volume 42, Issue 8 , 2021 , Pages 3722-3731 ; 02728397 (ISSN) ; Sharif, F ; Ramezani Saadat Abadi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
John Wiley and Sons Inc
2021
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The synthesis of nanocomposites via in situ grafting polymerization due to its ability to produce polymeric materials with promising microscopic and macroscopic characteristics is becoming very attractive. In this paper, different poly(L-Lactide)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PLLA-b-PCL) copolymers were in situ synthesized in the presence of modified titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (mTNP) as the initiator and stannous octoate as the catalyst. The surface of TiO2 was modified by grafting aminopropyl trimethoxy silane to improve initiator efficiency. Copolymers with 90/10, 70/30, and 50/50 mass ratio of L-lactide/ ε-caprolactone and 5 wt% of mTNP (proportional to ε-caprolactone) were...
Sb2S3 and Cu3SbS4 nanocrystals as inorganic hole transporting materials in perovskite solar cells
, Article Solar Energy ; Volume 223 , 2021 , Pages 106-112 ; 0038092X (ISSN) ; Heidariramsheh, M ; Javadpour, S ; Ghavaminia, E ; Mahdavi, S. M ; Taghavinia, N ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2021
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One of the key parts of perovskite solar cells which has great influence on their performance and stability is hole transporting layer. Spiro-OMeTAD is extensively used as organic hole transporting material in perovskite solar cells. However, Spiro-OMeTAD is expensive and has low chemical stability. In this study, the solution processed Sb2S3 and Cu3SbS4 nanocrystals have been synthesized and then the n-i-p mesoscopic perovskite solar cells have been fabricated using Spiro-OMeTAD, Sb2S3 and Cu3SbS4 nanocrystals as hole transporting layer at ambient air condition. It is shown that the conduction and valence band levels of the synthesized Sb2S3 and Cu3SbS4 nanocrystals are in the proper...