SELECTIVE N2O GAS SENSING PERFORMANCE OF Y-MODIFIED B12N12 NANOCAGE: A DFT APPROACH
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.66104/zrwxm372Palavras-chave:
Nanogaiola B12N12, adsorção, N2O, sensorResumo
The emission of nitrous oxide (N2O) represents a serious environmental challenge due to its contribution to ozone layer depletion. In this work, density functional theory calculations with dispersion correction (DFT-D3), employing the B3LYP functional and the LanL2DZ basis set, were carried out to investigate the adsorption of N2O on pristine and yttrium-modified B12N12 nanocages. Geometric, electronic, and energetic parameters were analyzed, as well as the electronic sensitivity of the systems toward gas adsorption. The Y@b66 nanocage exhibited the largest variation in the energy gap (ΔEgap = 38.7%), indicating high sensitivity to N2O. Energetic results reveal that N2O is physically adsorbed on pristine B12N12 (Eads = −0.16 eV), whereas it interacts moderately with the Y@b66 nanocage (Eads = −1.07 eV), showing an appropriate recovery time (τ = 120.54 s). In addition, the Y@b66 system demonstrated good selectivity toward N2O in the presence of interfering gases (H2, CH4, and CO). These findings indicate that the Y@b66 nanocage is a promising material for application as a selective N2O gas sensor.
Downloads
Referências
[1] Yoosefian M (2017) Powerful greenhouse gas nitrous oxide adsorption onto intrinsic and Pd doped Single walled carbon nanotube, Appl. Surf. Sci. 392:225–230. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.09.051
[2] Rad AS (2015) First principles study of Al-doped graphene as nanostructureadsorbent for NO2 and N2O: DFT calculations, Appl. Surf. Sci. 357:1217–1224.
[3] Ding S, Gu W (2022) Evaluate the potential utilization of B24N24 fullerene in the recognition of COS, H2S, SO2, and CS2 gases (environmental pollution), J. Mol. Liq. 345:117041. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117041
[4] Silva ALP, Sousa NS, Varela JJG (2023) Theoretical studies with B12N12 as a toxic gas sensor: a review, J. Nanopart. Research 25:22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-023-05667-9
[5] Qadir KW, Mohammadi MD, Ridha NJ, Abdullah HY (2024) Determining the binding mechanism of B12N12(Zn) with CH4, CO, CO2, H2O, N2, NH3, NO, NO2, O2, and SO2 gases, Microp. Mesop. Mater. 379:113289. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2024.113289
[6] Sousa NS, Nascimento WCL, Silva ALP, Varela JJG (2024) DFT study of TM (Sc-Zn) modified B12N12 nanocage as sensor for N2O gas selective detection. Sens Actuat A 378:115841. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2024.115841
[7] Nascimento WCL, Sousa NS, Silva ALP, Maciel AP (2026) Yttrium-Modified B12N12 Nanocages for High-Performance H2 Sensing: Insights from DFT Calculations on Sensitivity, Selectivity, and Recovery, ACS Omega 11:6421-6433. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c11273
[8] Esrafili MD, Sadeghi SY (2022) decorated all-boron B38 nanocluster for reversible molecular hydrogen storage: A first-principles investigation, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 47:11611–11621. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.01.160
[9] Agwamba EC, Mathias GE, Louis H, Ikenyirimba O, Unimuke TO, Ahuekwe et al. Single (2023) metal-doped silicon (Si59X; X = Nb, Mo, Y, Zr) nanostructured as nanosensors for N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) pollutant: Intuition from computational study, Mater. Today Commun. 35:106173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.106173
[10] Neese F (2022) Software update: The ORCA program system–Version 5.0. WIREs, Comput. Mol. Sci. 12:e1606. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wcms.1606
[11] Grimme S (2011) Density functional theory with London dispersion corrections. WIREs, Comput. Mol. Sci. 1:211–228. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wcms.30
[12] Silva ALP, Varela JJG (2023) Density Functional Theory Study of Cu-Modified B12N12 Nanocage as a Chemical Sensor for Carbon Monoxide Gas, Inorg Chem. 62:1926–1934. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01621
[13] Silva ALP, Varela JJG (2024) MB11N12 (M = Fe–Zn) Nanocages for Cyanogen Chloride Detection: A DFT Study. J. Inorg. Organom. Polym. Mat. 34:302–312. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-023-02824-4
[14] Koettgen J, Zacherle T, Grieshammer S, Martin M (2017) Ab initio calculation of the attempt frequency of oxygen diffusion in pure and samarium doped ceria. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19:9957-9973. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP04802A
[15] Cui H, Jia P, Peng X, Li P (2020) Adsorption and sensing of CO and C2H2 by S-defected SnS2 monolayer for DGA in transformer oil: A DFT study. Mater. Chem. Phys. 249:123006. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123006
[16] Rad AS, and Ayub K (2017) O3 and SO2 sensing concept on extended surface of B12N12 nanocages modified by Nickel decoration: A comprehensive DFT study Solid State Sci. 69:22–30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2017.05.007
[17] Ma S, Li D, Rao X, Xia X, Su Y, Lu Y (2020) Pd-doped h-BN monolayer: a promising gas scavenger for SF6 insulation devices. Adsorption 26:619-626. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-020-00226-3
[18] Escobedo-Morales A, Tepech-Carrillo L, Bautista-Hernández A, Camacho-García JH, Cortes-Arriagada D, Chigo-Anota, E. (2019) Effect of Chemical Order in the Structural Stability and Physicochemical Properties of B12N12 Fullerenes. Sci. Rep. 9:16521. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52981-1
[19] Baei MT (2013) Si-Doped B12N12 Nanocage as an Adsorbent for Dissociation of N2O to N2 Molécule. Heteroatom Chem. 24:476-481. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hc.21114
[20] Sousa NS, Silva ALP, Nascimento WCL, Martins J dos Santos, Bezerra CWB (2025). Theoretical Study of Ni-Modified B12N12 Nanocages: Insights into CO Capture Potential. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 113823. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2025.113823
[21] Nascimento WCL, Sousa NS, Martins J dos S, Maciel AP (2024) Estudo a Nível DFT do B12N12 Puro e Modificado com Y para Adsorção do Gás Hidrogênio. Anais do Congresso Brasileiro de Química - CBQ 63º edição.
[22] Hadipour NL, Peyghan AA, Soleymanabadi H (2015) Theoretical Study on the Al-Doped ZnO Nanoclusters for CO Chemical Sensors. J. Phys. Chem. C 119:6398–6404. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp513019z
[23] Choir AA, Amelia SR, Martoprawiro MA, Kusumawati Y, Ivansyah AL (2024) Insight into the adsorption properties of CO2 and H2 gas on the B12Y12 (Y - N, P, As, Sb) nanocages from host-guest interaction perspective. Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 53:780–791. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.12.030
[24] Baei MT, Ghasemi AS, Lemeski ET, Soltani A, Gholami N (2016) BN Nanotube Serving as a Gas Chemical Sensor for N2O by Parallel Electric Field. J. Clust. Sci. 27:1081–1096. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-016-0969-z
[25] Hossain MdA, Hossain MdR, Hossain MdK, Khandaker JI, Ahmed F, Ferdous T, Hossain Md A (2020) An ab initio study of the boron nanocluster for application as atmospheric gas (NO, NO2, N2O, NH3) sensor. Chem. Phys. Lett. 754:137701. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137701
[26] Sajid H, Siddique SA, Ahmed E, Arshad M, Gilani MA, Rauf A, Imran M, Mahmood T (2022) DFT outcome for comparative analysis of Be12O12, Mg12O12 and Ca12O12 nanocages toward sensing of N2O, NO2, NO, H2S, HCN and SO3 gases, Comput. Theor. Chem. 1211:113694. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113694
[27] Rad AS (2015) First principles study of Al-doped graphene as nanostructure adsorbent for NO2 and N2O: DFT calculations, Appl. Surf. Sci. 357:1217–1224. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.09.168
[28] Beheshtian J, Peyghan AA, Bagheri Z (2012) Adsorption and dissociation of Cl2 molecule on ZnO nanocluster. Appl. Surf. Sci. 258:8171–8176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.05.016
[29] Hang A, Dong A, Gui Y (2022) Gas-sensing properties of B/N-modified SnS2 monolayer to greenhouse gases (NH3, Cl2, and C2H2). Mat. 15(15):5152–5152. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155152
[30] Cheng S, Chen J, Zeng W, Zhou Q (2023) The adsorption and sensing mechanism of toxic gases HCN, NO2, NH3 and Cl2 on Mo, Ag-modified WSe2 monolayer: insights from the first-principles computations. Mater. Today Commun. 35:105906. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.105906
Downloads
Publicado
Edição
Seção
Licença
Copyright (c) 2026 Wellington da Conceicao Lobato do Nascimento, Natanael de Sousa Sousa, Francivaldo Santos da Silva, Felipe Anderson Silva de Aquino, Adeilton Pereira Maciel

Este trabalho está licenciado sob uma licença Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Autores que publicam nesta revista concordam com os seguintes termos:
- Autores mantém os direitos autorais e concedem à revista o direito de primeira publicação, com o trabalho simultaneamente licenciado sob a Licença Creative Commons Attribution que permite o compartilhamento do trabalho com reconhecimento da autoria e publicação inicial nesta revista;
- Autores têm autorização para assumir contratos adicionais separadamente, para distribuição não-exclusiva da versão do trabalho publicada nesta revista (ex.: publicar em repositório institucional ou como capítulo de livro), com reconhecimento de autoria e publicação inicial nesta revista, desde que adpatado ao template do repositório em questão;
- Autores têm permissão e são estimulados a publicar e distribuir seu trabalho online (ex.: em repositórios institucionais ou na sua página pessoal) a qualquer ponto antes ou durante o processo editorial, já que isso pode gerar alterações produtivas, bem como aumentar o impacto e a citação do trabalho publicado (Veja O Efeito do Acesso Livre).
- Os autores são responsáveis por inserir corretamente seus dados, incluindo nome, palavras-chave, resumos e demais informações, definindo assim a forma como desejam ser citados. Dessa forma, o corpo editorial da revista não se responsabiliza por eventuais erros ou inconsistências nesses registros.
POLÍTICA DE PRIVACIDADE
Os nomes e endereços informados nesta revista serão usados exclusivamente para os serviços prestados por esta publicação, não sendo disponibilizados para outras finalidades ou a terceiros.
Obs: todo o conteúdo do trabalho é de responsabilidade do autor e orientador.
