Deposição eletroforética de nanotubos de carbono

• Autor(a) principal: Franco, Juliana Rodrigues
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4239
• topic: Nanotubos de carbono; Deposição eletroforética; Filmes finos; Carbon nanotubes; Electrophoretic deposition; Thin films; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::FISICA::FISICA DA MATERIA CONDENSADA

In this study, films of carbon nanotubes (CNT) on substrates of stainless steel, aluminum, silicon and Nafion® were prepared using the technique of Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD). The films produced were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). In all deposition experiments, the higher the applied potential, the higher was the deposition rate. Concomitantly to the EPD occurred electrolysis of the solvent, generating a significant electric current through the cell and gas bubbles on the surfaces of the electrodes. The depositions was only possible with potential higher than 20V. In experiments using only pure solvent and working electrode with carbon nanotubes deposited, the measured values of the density of electric current was always higher than the values measured using the electrode without CNT deposited, showing that the addition of CNT on the surface substantially increases the effective reactivity of such electrodes. The images of SEM showed that EPD in suspensions of functionalized CNT in water, on stainless steel and Nafion®, produced uniform, homogeneous and compact CNT films and that the carbon nanotubes deposited are long, up to about 5 μm in length. During the electrophoretic deposition on stainless steel, in suspensions prepared with material the "as grown" in acetone, the measured electric current grows with increasing concentration of iodine additioned in the suspension. When the concentration of iodine was less than or equal to 0,5 mg/ml the deposit was not homogeneous. In EPD in suspensions of non-functionalized CNT dispersed in DMF steel, aluminum and silicon were used as substrates. In this type of suspension, the absolute values of the initial electric current and the electric current of saturation were higher than the values observed in tests in acetone. One explanation for this would be the difference in the amount of water dissolved in the two solvents. The characterization by SEM showed that, in this type of suspension in DMF, carbon nanotubes films produced are also uniform and homogeneous, but less compact than the films produced with the functionalized nanotubes. The non-functionalized CNT are much longer that the functionalized, reaching about 60 μm in length, which can hinder compaction of the film. Probably, these carbon nanotubes are longer because they have not suffered chemical attacks used in the purification and functionalization processes.