Química Nova (Jan 2009)

Efeito do tratamento térmico na microestrutura, turbostraticidade e superfície de carbono vítreo reticulado analisado por XPS, espalhamento Raman e voltametria cíclica Thermal treatment effect on the microstructure, turbostraticity, and surface of reticulated vitreous carbon analyzed by xps, Raman scattering, and cyclic voltammetry

  • Emerson Sarmento Gonçalves,
  • Mirabel Cerqueira Rezende,
  • Maurício Ribeiro Baldan,
  • Neidenêi Gomes Ferreira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422009000100030
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 32, no. 1
pp. 158 – 164

Abstract

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The structural and surface properties of reticulated vitreous carbon (RVC) were discussed as a function of its heat treatment temperature (HTT), for samples produced in the range from 700 to 2000 ºC, using the furfuryl precursor resin. The samples were analyzed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, first and second order Raman scattering as well as electrochemical response. Exploring the material turbostraticity concept, the interdependence between the RVC chemical surface variation and its defects were demonstrated. The influence of heteroatom presence was discussed in the material ordering for HTT lower than 1300 ºC while the graphitization process evolution was also pointed out for HTT higher than 1500 ºC.

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