Tellurium-based nanocomposites for plastic electronic applications

Journal Article · Wed May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4949724· OSTI ID:22609177

Carotenuto, G. ^[1]; Binetti, S.; Le Donne, A. ^[2]; Coscia, U. ^[3]; Ambrosone, G. ^[3]

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1. Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials - National Research Council. Piazzale E. Fermi, 1 - 80055 Portici (Italy)
2. Department of Materials Science and Milano-Bicocca Solar Energy Research Center (MIB-SOLAR), University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano (Italy)
3. Department of Physics, University of Naples ’Federico II’, via Cintia - 80126 Napoli (Italy)

Owing to the very brittle nature of the tellurium powder, nanoscopic grains with average size of 4.8 nm were produced by dry vibration milling technique using a Mixer mill apparatus. A novel material was obtained by binding the nanosized tellurium grains with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). The morphology, elemental composition, and structural properties of Te/PMMA films were investigated. The prepared material was composed of hexagonal tellurium and α-phase of tellurium oxide. The electrical properties of the films were studied in dark condition and under white light illumination varying the optical power density from 10 to 170 mW/cm{sup 2} and turning on and off the light cyclically.

• OSTI ID: 22609177
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1736, Issue 1; Conference: 8. international conference on times of polymers and composites: From aerospace to nanotechnology, Naples (Italy), 19-23 Jun 2016; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
FILMS
ILLUMINANCE
METHACRYLIC ACID ESTERS
MILLING
MIXERS
NANOCOMPOSITES
NANOSTRUCTURES
PMMA
POWDERS
POWER DENSITY
TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS
TELLURIUM OXIDES
VISIBLE RADIATION