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A facile synthesis of metal nanoparticle - graphene composites for better absorption of solar radiation

  • 1. Department of Physics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka-580 003 (India)

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Herein, a facile chemical approach has been adopted to prepare silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)- graphene (G) composite to study photothermal effect. Sodium borohydride (SBH), a strong reducing agent has been selected for this work. Effect of SBH concentrations on optical behavior of AgNPs-G composite was also investigated. Resultant materials were characterized by various techniques including X-ray diffraction (XRD), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), optical absorption, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). SEM micrographs confirm wrapping of AgNPs into graphene whereas XRD analysis reveals their particle size variation between 47 nm to 69 nm. Optical studies throw a light on their strong absorption behavior towards solar radiation

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1665
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
59. DAE solid state physics symposium 2014
Dates
16-20 Dec 2014
Place
Tamilnadu (India)

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