ADSORÇÃO DE CORANTES EM NANOTUBOS DE CARBONO: UMA ABORDAGEM DE PRIMEIROS PRINCÍPIOS

• Autor(a) principal: Jauris, Iuri Medeiros
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional Universidade Franciscana
• Texto Completo: http://tede.universidadefranciscana.edu.br:8080/handle/UFN-BDTD/195; http://www.tede.universidadefranciscana.edu.br:8080/handle/UFN-BDTD/334
• topic: adsorção; nanotubos de carbono; corantes; cálculos ab initio; teoria do funcional da densidade; adsorption; carbon nanotubes; dyes; ab initio calculations; density functional theory.; CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS

Dyes are organic compounds used to color or bring shine to other substances, being widely used by the cosmetic industries, pulp, textiles, and many others. However, the complex aromatic structure of these compounds makes them highly stable. In addition, some types of dyes could be toxic to humans or even carcinogenic. Thus, treatment of effluent water contaminated with these dyes is mandatory. Fortunately some recent studies have reported the ability of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) to act as adsorbent material for treating aqueous effluents contaminated with dyes. Nevertheless, to the best of our knowledge, so far, none theoretical study focusing mainly in the interaction of CNTs and dyes is available. From this perspective, in this work we have used ab initio simulations based on the densityfunctional theory and implemented on the SIESTA code to evaluate the interaction of tree dyes (Acridine Orange, Alizarin Red S, Methylene blue) and the Anthracene molecule with the pristine (5,5), (8,0) Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs). Also we have investigate the interaction of those molecules with the pristine (5,5), (8,0) 1-vacancy-SWCNTs. Moreover, to appraise the effects in dye-SWCNT interaction due to SWCNT diameter, we compared the configurations dyes-pristine SWCNTs (5,5); (8,0) with dyes-pristine SWCNTs (16,0); (25,0). Our results show that, in general, the main configurations exhibit an average binding energy around (0.75 eV ≈ 72.36 kJ / mol), characteristic of physical adsorption. This feature could facilitate the eliminations of these dyes after being adsorbed by SWCNTs, enabling the reuse of SWCNTs. Also, the SWCNTs with vacancy have binding energies lower than the CNTs without vacancy, except to the case of methylene blue-SWCNTs. Further, the dyes SWCNTs (5,5) present binding energy greater than dyes SWCNTs (8,0). In most, was not found significant change in molecular structure and electronic character of SWCNTs. Furthermore, dyes-pristine SWCNTs (5,5) and (8,0) present lower binding energy in comparison with dyes-pristine SWCNTs (16,0) and (25,0).