Influência dos parâmetros de síntese nas propriedades estruturais e morfológicas de nanotubos a base de La e Ce obtidos por via hidrotérmica alcalina sem templates

• Ano de defesa: 2018
• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Adriana Paula Batista dos
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Brasil; UFRN; PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM QUÍMICA
• Palavras-chave em Português: Nanotubos; Nanoestruturas; Morfologia; La(OH)3 e CeO2; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::QUIMICA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/25605

Recently, one-dimensional nanotubes consisting of La(OH)3 and CeO2 obtained by alkaline hydrothermal synthesis have attracted much interest in researches, due to their detachable physical-chemical characteristics and potential applications. The hydrothermal method has been widely used to obtain this type of nanostructures, since it is a simple, low cost technique in which the properties of the products obtained depend on the formation mechanism and the hydrothermal conditions used. The present work aims the synthesis of La(OH)3 and CeO2 nanotubes through the template-free hydrothermal route and evaluate the influence of the synthesis parameters, (such as NaOH concentration, temperature and synthesis time) and calcination temperature on the physical and chemical properties of the obtained nanostructures. The results of this research were divided into five chapters. The Chapter 1 presents the theoretical basis, addressing relevant issues on the subject. The Chapter 2 shows the materials and methods used. The Chapter 3 presents an article whose title is the "Influence of calcination on the physical-chemical properties of nanotubes of La(OH)3". The results showed that the calcination temperature influence in the organization, composition and texture properties of the obtained nanotubes. The hydrated material consisting of La(OH)3 with hexagonal structure was obtained after the hydrothermal synthesis and was maintained after the calcination at 750 °C. However, the nanotubular morphology was collapsed after this process. The calcination at 450 °C generated the La2O2CO3 composite material with a mixture of symmetries (hexagonal and tetragonal), in which the nanotubular morphology was preserved. Thus, nanotubes consisting of La(OH)3 can be obtained by the alkaline hydrothermal synthesis without templates, which have their composition and properties altered, through of the calcination temperature, according with the desired catalytic application. The Chapter 4 presents the results of the influence of alkaline concentration and hydrothermal synthesis on the morphological and structural properties of La(OH)3 nanotubes. Nanotubes composed of La(OH)3 organized in a hexagonal structure were obtained in all the synthesis conditions performed, in NaOH concentrations of 5; 10 and 20 mol L -1 and synthesis temperatures of 100; 125 and 150 °C. The nanostructures differed in their crystallinity, sizes and the mechanism involved in their formation were proposed as being the dissolution/recrystallization. The Chapter 5 presents an article that shows the influence of the synthesis parameters (such as NaOH concentration, temperature and synthesis time, and calcination temperature) on the morphological, structural and optical properties of cerium oxide nanotubes. Hydrated nanotubes consisting of CeO2 with a cubic fluorite structure were obtained in some cases. The morphology, hydration, size of nanostructures and oxygen vacancies varied according to the synthesis condition used, providing materials with different properties for catalysis. The mechanism involved in the formation of CeO2 nanostructures was proposed and discussed. Thus, all the results obtained in this research show for the first time the domain in the formation, composition and size of the nanotubular morphologies of the La(OH)3 and CeO2 obtained by the template-free hydrothermal route, through the control of the synthesis parameters and the calcination temperature. This domain is of fundamental importance in order to obtain nanotubes with characteristics suitable for specific applications in catalysis, sensors, and electronic devices as well as in the biomedical area.