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Properties optimization of electrospun polymer: organic-free perovskite nanofibers by controlling solution concentration

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In this paper, properties of electrospun polyvinylpyrrolidone-cesium lead iodide (CsPbI3) nanofibers have been optimized by controlling the solution concentration. The diameter of nanofibers was found to enlarge from 215 to 558 nm with increasing polymer concentration and to decrease from 481 to 228 nm with reducing total material concentration. The solution concentration was employed to alter the polymer structural confinement and organic-free perovskite stability to obtain maximum perovskite crystallinity and improved optical properties at a polymer to perovskite ratio of 15% and a material concentration of 43%. The results showed that with an increase in polymer concentration or a decrease in material concentration, the shrinkage ratio increases in the range of 13–20%, and higher tensile properties are achieved with strain of 2.5–3.5% and tensile strength of 1.4–1.9 MPa. The added perovskite significantly reduces the shrinkage ratio, which increases from 12–14% to 28–31% by decreasing perovskite concentration from 45 to 35%. Defects related to shrinkage can be eliminated by enhancing the nanofibers' adherence to the substrate, using substrates with a higher Young's modulus than the nanofibers, and reducing the thickness of the nanofibers. The resulting nanofibers showed high thermal stability with a weight loss of 1.8% to 3.6% at a temperature of 200 °C.

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  1. Chemical Engineering Center, ITMO University, Saint-Petersburg, 197101, Russia

    Muhammad A. Bkkar, Vera E. Sitnikova & Mayya V. Uspenskaya

  2. Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, ITMO University, Saint-Petersburg, 197101, Russia

    Roman O. Olekhnovich

  3. Institute of Advanced Data Transfer System, ITMO University, Saint-Petersburg, 197101, Russia

    Arina V. Kremleva & Yakov N. Kovach

  4. Department of Physics, ITMO University, 197101, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

    Nikolai A. Zverkov

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Bkkar, M.A., Olekhnovich, R.O., Kremleva, A.V. et al. Properties optimization of electrospun polymer: organic-free perovskite nanofibers by controlling solution concentration. J Polym Res 30, 203 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-023-03578-w

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