A Brief Review of Making Electrically Conducting Polymer Poly-Aniline and Silver Nanoparticles, and Designing and Testing Schottky Diode Made-up of Polyaniline/Silver Nanocomposite

Abstract

Polyaniline nanoparticles is synthesized by chemical oxidation of aniline by copper sulphate. Chemical reduction of silver nitrate by sodium citrate yileds silver nano particles. Both aforesaid nanomaterials are mixded with polyvinyl alcohol to get nanocomposite gel. Nanoparticles are characterized by ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy. Schottky diode is made by applying nanocomposite with copper wire on one side of aluminium foil and on other side attaching  copper wire for another electrical contact. Current-voltage electrical characterization is analyzed by making simple circuit encompassing polyaniline/silver nanocomposite diode.