Methyl-mercaptane adsorption and sensing on Fe-/Co-graphene structures: A DFT study

Year 2021, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 35 - 45, 15.12.2021

Numan Yuksel , Ahmet Kose Mehmet Ferdi Fellah

https://doi.org/10.33435/tcandtc.1018412

Abstract

In this research, the adsorption and detection abilities of Fe and Co doped graphene structures for methyl-mercaptan molecule were investigated by Density Functional Theory (DFT) method. B3LYP hybrid functional and LANL2DZ/6-31G(d,p) basis sets were used in the calculations. At the end of the adsorption processes, Fe and Co doped graphene structures were determined to be suitable adsorbents for the methyl-mercaptan molecule. In addition, charge transfer happened from the methyl-mercaptan molecule to the Fe and Co-doped graphene structures. The electronic sensor and the Φ-type sensor properties were also investigated and it was determined that Fe-graphene structure could be only used as an electronic sensor for methyl-mercaptan molecule at room temperature.

Keywords

DFT, methyl-mercaptane, graphene, adsorption, sensor

Thanks

The numerical calculations reported in this paper were in part completed at ULAKBIM/TUBITAK, High Performance and Grid Computing Center (the resources of TRUBA)

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