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Synthesis of Polymer-based ZnO/TiO2 Nanocomposites Flexible Sheets as High Dielectric Materials

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Polymer-based zinc oxide/titanium dioxide (ZnO/TiO2) nanocomposites flexible sheets with high dielectric permittivity and low loss factor have numerous applications in light emitting and energy storage devices. In this work, polymer-based ZnO/TiO2 nanocomposites are synthesized by co-precipitation technique and their structural, morphological, elemental composition, dielectric and electrical properties are studied. The XRD analysis shows the development of diffraction planes related to TiO2 and ZnO phases confirming the synthesis of polycrystalline polymer-based ZnO/TiO2 nanocomposites. The crystallinity of various phases is associated with increasing ZnO nanofillers. The SEM analysis reveals the formation of nanoparticles of different shapes and dimensions associated with increasing amount of ZnO nanofillers. The EDX analysis confirms the presence of Zn, O and Ti in the synthesized nanocomposites. Dielectric measurements demonstrate the sharp increase in dielectric permittivity with relatively low dissipation factor of the nanocomposites. The observed AC conductivity of the nanocomposites at 3.0 × 105 and 1.0 × 106 Hz is ranged from 3.7–9.8 and 15.6–42.7 S/m respectively. The decreasing complex impedance and increasing electric modulus further confirm that the synthesized polymer-based ZnO/TiO2 nanocomposites flexible sheets are the promising candidates for better capacitive performance showing high strength and flexibility.

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One of the authors (N. Kanwal) is grateful to Dr. Murtaza Saleem and Dr. Adnan Ali for LC, SEM, EDX and XRD analysis.

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    N. Kanwal, S. Pervaiz, A. Rasheed & I. A. Khan

  2. Department of Physics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan

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Kanwal, N., Pervaiz, S., Rasheed, A. et al. Synthesis of Polymer-based ZnO/TiO2 Nanocomposites Flexible Sheets as High Dielectric Materials. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 63, 879–890 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X21350091

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