Interfacial self-assembly of ultrathin polydiacetylene/graphene oxide nanocomposites: A new method for synergetic enhancement of surface charge transfer without doping

Elizaveta A. Gusarova, Alexandra I. Zvyagina, Alexey E. Aleksandrov, Natalia V. Kuzmina, Andrey V. Shabatin, Alexey A. Averin, Alexey R. Tameev, Maria A. Kalinina

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Abstract

A new method for interfacial self-assembly of graphene oxide (GO) and 10,12-pentacosadiynoic acid into nanometer-thick light-absorbing films exhibiting synergetic enhancement of conductive properties is developed. The blue form of polydiacetylene (PDA) nanopatches with a thickness of 5–10 nm is stabilized through the interactions between GO and PDA. The hole-transferring polymer decreases contact resistance in the GO sublayer through “healing” the gaps between the GO nanosheets. The separation of electron-hole pairs at the PDA/GO interface under applied electric field leads to a doping-free enhancement of the in-plane surface conductivity by 6 orders of magnitude up to 46.4 S·cm−1 with respect to those of individual components. These PDA/GO nanocomposites were applied as ultrathin diodes/photodiodes in a solar cell by creating a PDA/C60 heterojunction and a light-induced cross-layer charge transfer. The method can be adapted to a variety of polymerizable light-absorbing surfactants for fabricating GO-based nanohybrids for photoelectronics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100575
JournalColloids and Interface Science Communications
Volume46
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Conductive polymers
  • Graphene oxide
  • Hybrid materials
  • Photovoltaics
  • Polydiacetylene
  • Ultrathin films

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