Using of sonochemically prepared SbSI for electrospun nanofibers

M Nowak; T Tański; P Szperlich; W Matysiak; M Kępińska; D Stróż; Ł Bober; B Toroń

doi:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.03.042

Using of sonochemically prepared SbSI for electrospun nanofibers

Ultrason Sonochem. 2017 Sep:38:544-552. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.03.042. Epub 2017 Mar 31.

Authors

M Nowak¹, T Tański², P Szperlich³, W Matysiak⁴, M Kępińska³, D Stróż⁵, Ł Bober⁶, B Toroń³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Physics - Center for Science and Education, Silesian University of Technology, Krasińskiego 8 St., 40-019 Katowice, Poland; Center of Nanotechnology, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18a St., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland. Electronic address: Marian.Nowak@polsl.pl.
² Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18a St., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland; Center of Nanotechnology, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18a St., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
³ Institute of Physics - Center for Science and Education, Silesian University of Technology, Krasińskiego 8 St., 40-019 Katowice, Poland; Center of Nanotechnology, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18a St., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
⁴ Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18a St., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
⁵ Institute of Material Science, University of Silesia, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1A St., 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.
⁶ COMEF, Gdańska 2 St., 40-719 Katowice, Poland.

PMID: 28633856
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.03.042

Abstract

A novel polymeric, polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers containing ferroelectric and semiconducting antimony sulfoiodide (SbSI) have been made by electrospinning. SbSI nanowires, used as the filler, have been prepared sonochemically from antimony sulphide (Sb₂S₃) and antimony tri-iodide (SbI₃) for the first time. Nanocrystalline SbSI has been fabricated in ethanol under ultrasonic irradiation (20kHz, 565W/cm²) at 323K within 2h. The products have been characterized by using techniques such as powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, selected area electron diffraction and optical diffuse reflection as well as transmission spectroscopy. The good quality of the nanocrystals and their dispersion in the nanofiber's volume is important because this material is attractive for nanogenerators due to its ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties. The amplitude of the voltage pulse, generated under shock pressure of 3.0MPa, has reached 180V in the prototype PAN/SbSI piezoelectric nanogenerator. The peak output voltage of about 0.2V was measured in bending/releasing conditions with the deformation frequency of 1Hz.

Keywords: Antimony sulfoiodide; Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Nanogenerators; Sonochemistry.