Journal
JOURNAL OF VINYL & ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 82-93Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/vnl.21868
Keywords
dopant; optical; PVA; PVP blend; SnS2; Fe concentration; structure
Funding
- King Saud University
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Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) polymer blends doped with different ratios of nano SnS2/Fe exhibit a single hexagonal phase structure, with increased nonlinear optical parameters as the dopant concentrations increase. Doping significantly affects the optical properties of the blends, demonstrating the potential for enhancing their performance through controlled nanofiller doping.
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP; weight 7:3) polymer blends doped with different ratios (1 wt%, 3 wt%, 5 wt%, and 10 wt%) from nano SnS2/Fe are developed using casting and thermolysis procedures. Rietveld analysis showed that Fe is incorporated into the SnS2 lattice forming a single hexagonal phase with an average crystallite size of 6 nm along [00l] direction and 15 nm along [h00] direction. X-ray diffraction together with Fourier transform infrared data is used to examine the homogeneity distribution of the nanofiller over the blend matrix. The effect of doping on the absorbance, transmittance, extinction coefficient, refractive index, direct and indirect optical band gaps, and other dispersion parameters of the blend is studied in detail. The nature of electronic transitions in the different blends was determined using Tauc's relation and the dielectric loss parameter. As the weight concentrations of SnS2/Fe dopants increased, the nonlinear optical parameters are increased relative to the undoped PVA/PVP polymer blend. The influence of the different excitation wavelengths and the amount of nanofillers on the fluorescence spectra from different blends are also investigated.
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