Molecular simulation of efficient removal of H2S pollutant by cyclodextrine functionalized CNTs

Abstract DFT-D3 calculations were carried out to investigate interaction of H2S and CH4 between numerous functionalized CNTs (f-CNTs), including hydroxyl, carboxyl, and cyclodextrin groups as potential candidates for selective adsorption and elimination of toxic pollutants. It was found that pristin...

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Autores principales: Masoud Darvish Ganji, Hadis Kiyani
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/bc44b550808f454e84793743b48c3eef
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Sumario:Abstract DFT-D3 calculations were carried out to investigate interaction of H2S and CH4 between numerous functionalized CNTs (f-CNTs), including hydroxyl, carboxyl, and cyclodextrin groups as potential candidates for selective adsorption and elimination of toxic pollutants. It was found that pristine CNTs as well as nanotube surface of functionalized CNTs cannot stably adsorb the H2S molecule (adsorption energy of −0.17 eV). However, H2S adsorption was significantly enhanced with different magnitudes upon the functionalization of CNT. For f-CNTs, H2S adsorption was accompanied by releasing energies in the range between −0.34 to −0.54 eV where the upper limit of this range belongs to the cyclodextrin-functionalized CNT (CD-CNT) as the consequence of the existence of both dispersion and electrostatic interactions between the adsorbate and substrate. Findings also demonstrated a significantly weaker interaction between CH4 and CD-CNT in comparison to the H2S molecule with adsorption energy of −0.14 eV. Electronic properties of the selected substrates revealed no significant changes in the inherent electronic properties of the CNTs after functionalizing and adsorbing the gas molecules. Moreover, DFTB-MD simulation demonstrated high adsorption capacity as well as CD-CNT ability for H2S molecules against the CH4 one under ambient condition.