Comportamento eletroquímico de nanotubos de carbono suportados sobre diferentes substratos

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Anderson Herbert de Abreu
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4247
• topic: Nanotubos de carbono; Deposição eletroforética; Eletrodeposição; Carbon nanotubes; Electrophoretic deposition; Electrodeposition; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::FISICA::FISICA DA MATERIA CONDENSADA

Carbon nanotubes (CNT-carbon nanotubes) are materials, which physical properties are quite singular and have been extensively studied. The CNT can be used for the production of catalysts, supercapacitors, gas sensors and biological sensors. Among the interesting properties of carbon nanotubes, can be highlighted the electrical behavior that can vary from a metallic conductor to a semiconductor. This work study the effects on electrochemical properties (reactivity and electrochemical capacitance) of films of CNT when they are deposited on different substrates. The effects of functionalization on these properties and deposition of cobalt nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes are also presented. Studies were made of the electrochemical properties of carbon nanotube films prepared by electrophoretic deposition on substrates of graphite and silicon. The reactivity and electrochemical capacitance of the electrodes were determined before and after deposition of films of CNT to determine the effect of CNT on these properties. We investigated the effect of functionalization on the electrochemical capacitance of the films of CNT determining the functionalization before and after depositon. To determine the reactivity of the electrochemical capacitance and the effect of functionalization, we used a technique of cyclic voltammetry. The voltammetries were performed using potentials such that the process is faradaic for measures of reactivity and is not faradaic for capacitance measurements. There was a significant increase in reactivity and electrochemical capacitance of the samples after the deposition of films of carbon nanotubes. About twice for the capacitance and up to five times for the reactivity. There was also an increase of up to five times the capacitance of the samples with the electrochemical functionalization of the films. Although the deposition of CNT increases the reactivity of the sample, it growns to a certain extent with the increase of film thickness and then begins to fall. It seems to be a maximum of increase in reactivity with the addition of nanotubes in the film. On the other hand, the electrochemical capacitance increases with the addition of the film of nanotubes, but does not seem to vary with film thickness. Functionalization is the electrochemical capacitance of the film to increases as a function of functionalization time. It will be also presented in this text a study about the effects of cobalt nanoparticles electrodeposition in carbon nanotubes on supported substrates. Deposited nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The electrodeposition of cobalt nanoparticles was achieved on silicon substrates using carbon nanotubes supported without functionalization. It is believed that the deposition did not occur when the process of functionalization was made due to the formation of oxides on the silicon surface. Which can damage the electrical contact with these nanotubes. In an attempt to do deposition on graphite, only deposits of particles on the order of micrometers were obtained. The results show a potential of carbon nanotubes to increase the values of electrochemical capacitance and reactivity of substrates in which they have been deposited. However, the functionalization process used is aggressive for the samples and needs to be improved to allow further functionalization and a greater increase in the properties of the films. Deposition of cobalt nanoparticles was obtained, which is a possible technique to be used for the deposition of other metals.