Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-06-13T18:57:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RaquelGuilhermeDeCarvalho_TESE.pdf: 2127311 bytes, checksum: dad2b807e182cde2957844b6d86756bd (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-06-14T19:13:58Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 RaquelGuilhermeDeCarvalho_TESE.pdf: 2127311 bytes, checksum: dad2b807e182cde2957844b6d86756bd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-14T19:13:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RaquelGuilhermeDeCarvalho_TESE.pdf: 2127311 bytes, checksum: dad2b807e182cde2957844b6d86756bd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-06-27 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Neste trabalho, foram investigadas o efeito do sam?rio como dopante nas propriedades fotocatal?tica e fotoluminescente do ?xido de zinco obtidas pelas s?nteses hidrotermal por micro-ondas (HM) e precursores polim?ricos. Essa pesquisa foi dividida em duas etapas, primeiro micropart?culas de ZnO:Smx (X= 0, 1, 2, 4 e 8 mol%) foram obtidos pelas s?nteses hidrotermal por micro-ondas (HM) e precursores polim?ricos. Na segunda etapa do trabalho a resina obtida pela s?ntese dos precursores polim?ricos foi utilizada para produzir filmes finos obtidos pelo m?todo spin coating. As t?cnicas de caracteriza??o, an?lises t?rmicas (TG / DSC), difra??o de raios X (DRX), microscopia eletr?nica de varredura (MEV), microscopia eletr?nica de varredura com emiss?o de campo (MEV-FEG), espectroscopia na regi?o do UV-Vis?vel (UV-Vis), medidas de fotoluminesc?ncia (FL) e an?lise da ?rea superficial espec?fica pelo m?todo de BET foram utilizadas na caracteriza??o dos p?s e dos filmes. Pela an?lise de difra??o de raios X (DRX), as amostras obtidas pela s?ntese hidrotermal por micro-ondas apresenta fase de ZnO com estrutura tipo wurtzita hexagonal sem nenhuma fase secund?ria. As amostras obtidas pela s?ntese dos precursores polim?ricos apresentaram fases secund?rias com a presen?a do Sm2O3, quando dopadas com 2 e 4 mol% de Sam?rio. As imagens por microscopia eletr?nica de varredura das amostras obtidas pela s?ntese hidrotermal por micro-ondas mostram a morfologia em forma de bast?es com as extremidades hexagonais. O desempenho fotocatal?tico das amostras dos p?s e filmes finos foram testados utilizando o corante azul de metileno, e caracterizado por espectroscopia na regi?o do UV-vis. As medidas do espectro de azul de metileno ap?s os testes de fotodegrada??o exibiu melhor atividade fotocatal?tica das micropart?culas de ZnO dopado com 8 mol% de Sm3+, sendo alcan?ada a maior taxa de degrada??o do corante no tempo de 120 minutos. As amostras foram tamb?m reutilizadas em tr?s ciclos de fotodegrada??o, as amostras com 2, 4 e 8 mol% de Sm3+ apresentaram efici?ncia fotocatal?tica mesmo quando reutilizado ap?s os ciclos de fotodegrada??o. / In this work, the effect of samarium as a dopant on the photocatalytic and photoluminescent properties of zinc oxide obtained by hydrothermal (HM) synthesis and polymer precursors were investigated. ZnO:Smx microparticles (X = 0, 1, 2, 4 and 8 mol%) were obtained by microwave hydrothermal (HM) syntheses and polymer precursors. In the second step of the work the resin obtained by the synthesis of the polymeric precursors was used to produce thin films obtained by the spin coating method. The techniques of characterization, thermal analysis (TG / DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), scanning electron microscopy with field emission (SEM-FEG), UV-Visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), photoluminescence (FL) measurements and analysis of the specific surface area by the BET method were used in the characterization of the powders and films. By the analysis of X-ray diffraction (XRD), the samples obtained by microwave hydrothermal synthesis present a ZnO phase with hexagonal wurtzite structure with no secondary phase. Samples obtained by the synthesis of polymer precursors showed secondary phases with the presence of Sm2O3, when doped with 2 and 4 mol% Samarium. Scanning electron microscopy images of samples obtained by hydrothermal microwave synthesis show the morphology in the form of rods with hexagonal ends. The photocatalytic performance of the samples of the powders and thin films were tested using the methylene blue dye, and characterized by spectroscopy in the UV-vis region. Measurements of the methylene blue spectrum after the photodegradation tests showed better photocatalytic activity of the ZnO microparticles doped with 8 mol% Sm3+, with the highest rate of degradation of the dye in the time of 120 minutes. Samples were also reused in three cycles of photodegradation, samples with 2, 4 and 8 mol% Sm3+ showed photocatalytic efficiency even when reused after the photodegradation cycles.