Jiguo GENG, Kuan WANG. DFT calculations on the adsorption of small gas molecules onto C-doped boron nitride nanotubes[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2016, 39(5): 050501
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Jiguo GENG, Kuan WANG. DFT calculations on the adsorption of small gas molecules onto C-doped boron nitride nanotubes[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2016, 39(5): 050501 DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2016.hjs.39.050501.
DFT calculations on the adsorption of small gas molecules onto C-doped boron nitride nanotubes
Chemical sensors that work as electronic noses have attracted extensive attention
yet research about sensor application of C-doped boron nitride nanotubes is still rare.
Purpose:
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In order to realize the gas sensing properties of boron nitride nanotubes(BNNTs) and C-doped BNNTs for some small gas molecules
such as NO
2
O
2
and F
2
we calculated the adsorption property of those gas molecules.
Methods:
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The gas sensing properties of C-doped BNNTs for some small gas molecules have been investigated by using the density functional theory.
Results:
2
The interaction distance between gas molecule and BNNT and adsorption energy of gas molecule on the BNNTs and the C-doped BNNTs are obtained by density functional theory(DFT) calculation. We also calculated the electron densities of states for an O
2
molecule or a NO
2
molecule or a F
2
molecule to adsorb on the different positions of C-doped BNNTs.
Conclusion:
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The calculated results show that BNNTs present high sensitivity to the gaseous NO
2
O
2
and F
2
molecules. The chemical reactivity of BNNTs has been changed by carbon molecules
and C
-doped BNNTs can improve the interaction between the gas molecules and the BNNTs.
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