TiO2–multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposites: hydrothermal synthesis and temporally-dependent optical properties

Aijian Wang; Yun Wang; Wang Yu; Zhipeng Huang; Yu Fang; Lingliang Long; Yinglin Song; Marie P. Cifuentes; Mark G. Humphrey; Long Zhang; Jianda Shao; Chi Zhang

doi:10.1039/C5RA26677G

TiO₂–multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposites: hydrothermal synthesis and temporally-dependent optical properties†

Aijian Wang,^abc Yun Wang,^a Wang Yu,^a Zhipeng Huang,^a Yu Fang,^d Lingliang Long,^a Yinglin Song,^d Marie P. Cifuentes,^e Mark G. Humphrey,^e Long Zhang,^c Jianda Shao^c and Chi Zhang*^bce

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^a China-Australia Joint Research Center for Functional Molecular Materials, Scientific Research Academy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China

^b China-Australia Joint Research Center for Functional Molecular Materials, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, P. R. China
E-mail: chizhang@jiangnan.edu.cn
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^c Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, P. R. China
E-mail: czhang@siom.ac.cn

^d School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, P. R. China

^e Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
E-mail: chi.zhang@anu.edu.au

Abstract

Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/TiO₂ nanocomposites have been prepared by a hydrothermal method and characterized by Fourier-transform infrared, Raman, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies, X-ray powder diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. Their viability as nonlinear optical (NLO) materials has been examined using the Z-scan technique at 532 nm with both nanosecond and picosecond laser pulses, the NLO and optical limiting (OL) performance being found to be dependent on the TiO₂ content. At the wavelength used, an enhanced OL response was observed for the M1.00 nanocomposite and ascribed to a combination of mechanisms.

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