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Title: TOPO-capped silver selenide nanoparticles and their incorporation into polymer nanofibers using electrospinning technique

Abstract

Highlights: • Ag{sub 2}Se nanoparticles produced spherical particles with sizes 12 nm (180 °C) and 27 nm (200 °C). • Higher temperature produced increased particle size (∼75 nm) and changed in shape. • Ag{sub 2}Se nanoparticles (0.2–0.6%) added into PVP (35–45%) to yield reduced fiber beading. • Polymer nanofibers electrospun at 11–20 kV produced fiber diameters of 425–461 nm. • Optical properties in the fibers were observed due to the Ag{sub 2}Se nanoparticles loaded. - Abstract: Electrospinning is the most common technique for fabricating polymer fibers as well as nanoparticles embedded polymer fibers. Silver selenide nanoparticles were synthesized using tri-n-octylphosphine (TOP) as solvent and tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) as capping environment. Silver selenide was prepared by reacting silver nitrate and selenium with tri-n-octylphosphine (TOP) to form TOP–Ag and TOP–Se solutions. Both absorption and emission spectra signify the formation of nanoparticles as well as the TEM which revealed spherical particles with an average particle size of 22 nm. The polymer, PVP used was prepared at concentrations ranging from (35 to 45 wt%) and the TOPO-capped silver selenide nanoparticles (0.2 and 0.6 wt%) were incorporated into them and electrospun by varying the voltage from 11 to 20 kV. The SEM images of themore » Ag{sub 2}Se/PVP composite fibers revealed the fibers of diameters with average values of 425 and 461 nm. The X-ray diffraction results show peaks which were identified due to α-Ag{sub 2}Se body centered cubic compound. The sharp peak observed for all the samples at 2θ = 44.5 suggest the presence of Ag in the face centered cubic which can be attributed to higher concentration of silver nitrate used with molar ratio of selenium to silver and the abundance of silver in the silver selenide crystal. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy were used to characterize the structure of the PVP/Ag{sub 2}Se composite fibers.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied and Computer Sciences, Vaal University of Technology, Private Bag X021, Vanderbijlpark 1900 (South Africa)
  2. School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg 2050 (South Africa)
  3. Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Advanced Materials Division, Mintek, Private Bag X3015, Randburg 2125 South Africa (South Africa)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22475752
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Materials Research Bulletin
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 65; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0025-5408
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; ABSORPTION; BCC LATTICES; CRYSTALS; EMISSION SPECTRA; FCC LATTICES; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PVP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER NITRATES; SILVER SELENIDES; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Citation Formats

More, D. S., Moloto, M.J., E-mail: makwenam@vut.ac.za, Moloto, N., and Matabola, K. P. TOPO-capped silver selenide nanoparticles and their incorporation into polymer nanofibers using electrospinning technique. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2015.01.030.
More, D. S., Moloto, M.J., E-mail: makwenam@vut.ac.za, Moloto, N., & Matabola, K. P. TOPO-capped silver selenide nanoparticles and their incorporation into polymer nanofibers using electrospinning technique. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2015.01.030
More, D. S., Moloto, M.J., E-mail: makwenam@vut.ac.za, Moloto, N., and Matabola, K. P. 2015. "TOPO-capped silver selenide nanoparticles and their incorporation into polymer nanofibers using electrospinning technique". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2015.01.030.
@article{osti_22475752,
title = {TOPO-capped silver selenide nanoparticles and their incorporation into polymer nanofibers using electrospinning technique},
author = {More, D. S. and Moloto, M.J., E-mail: makwenam@vut.ac.za and Moloto, N. and Matabola, K. P.},
abstractNote = {Highlights: • Ag{sub 2}Se nanoparticles produced spherical particles with sizes 12 nm (180 °C) and 27 nm (200 °C). • Higher temperature produced increased particle size (∼75 nm) and changed in shape. • Ag{sub 2}Se nanoparticles (0.2–0.6%) added into PVP (35–45%) to yield reduced fiber beading. • Polymer nanofibers electrospun at 11–20 kV produced fiber diameters of 425–461 nm. • Optical properties in the fibers were observed due to the Ag{sub 2}Se nanoparticles loaded. - Abstract: Electrospinning is the most common technique for fabricating polymer fibers as well as nanoparticles embedded polymer fibers. Silver selenide nanoparticles were synthesized using tri-n-octylphosphine (TOP) as solvent and tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) as capping environment. Silver selenide was prepared by reacting silver nitrate and selenium with tri-n-octylphosphine (TOP) to form TOP–Ag and TOP–Se solutions. Both absorption and emission spectra signify the formation of nanoparticles as well as the TEM which revealed spherical particles with an average particle size of 22 nm. The polymer, PVP used was prepared at concentrations ranging from (35 to 45 wt%) and the TOPO-capped silver selenide nanoparticles (0.2 and 0.6 wt%) were incorporated into them and electrospun by varying the voltage from 11 to 20 kV. The SEM images of the Ag{sub 2}Se/PVP composite fibers revealed the fibers of diameters with average values of 425 and 461 nm. The X-ray diffraction results show peaks which were identified due to α-Ag{sub 2}Se body centered cubic compound. The sharp peak observed for all the samples at 2θ = 44.5 suggest the presence of Ag in the face centered cubic which can be attributed to higher concentration of silver nitrate used with molar ratio of selenium to silver and the abundance of silver in the silver selenide crystal. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy were used to characterize the structure of the PVP/Ag{sub 2}Se composite fibers.},
doi = {10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2015.01.030},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22475752}, journal = {Materials Research Bulletin},
issn = {0025-5408},
number = ,
volume = 65,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}