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MATERIALS TODAY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 37, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.107200
Keywords
Carbon nanotubes; Pt; Gas sensors; Properties; Density functional theory (DFT)
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The adsorption of CO, O2 and N2 on Pt-capped armchair and zigzag SWCNTs was studied using density functional theory. It was found that CO showed strong chemical adsorption, while O2 and N2 exhibited weak adsorption. The Pt-capped SWCNTs could potentially be used as CO sensors, with CO acting as the electron donor and SWCNT-Pt as the electron receptor.
The adsorption of small gas molecules (CO, O2 and N2) on Pt-capped armchair and zigzag single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) has been investigated by density functional theory (DFT) method to determine the potential for gas sensor detection. Results indicated that O2 and N2 molecules with lower adsorption energies (1.66 eV and 1.00 eV) exhibited weak chemical adsorption on SWCNT(4,4)-Pt. However, CO demonstrates strong chemical adsorption with a high adsorption energy of 2.23 eV on SWCNT(4,4)-Pt. The adsorption energy of CO on SWCNT (7,0)-Pt shows the chemical adsorption between CO and SWCNT(7,0)-Pt. In addition, these findings also implied Pt-capped SWCNT could act as small gas molecule sensors to detect CO toxic gas at room temperature. In this system, CO is the electron donor and SWCNT-Pt is the electron receptor. The interaction of Pt and carbon nanotube backbone delocalized pi electrons could not only increases the conductivity of SWCNT-Pt, but also enhances the conductivity of SWCNT-Pt-CO. The HOMO-LUMO gap (Delta epsilon) of Pt-capped SWCNT(7,0) reduced from 0.43 eV to 0.39 eV after CO adsorption, and the Delta epsilon value of Pt-capped SWCNT(4,4) decreased by 0.08 eV. The electrical conductivity of Pt-capped armchair and zigzag SWCNT has increased after the adsorption of CO molecule. The results may be helpful for designing a promising Pt-capped SWCNT-based CO sensors.
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