Recycling of the Methanolic Fraction Obtained from Rum Distillation for Carbon Nanostructures Synthesis

In this work, the methanolic fraction obtained from a rum distillation process was recycled as a precursor for the synthesis of carbon nanostructures by chemical vapor deposition. The nanostructures obtained were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. SEM micrographs showed the presence of carbon nanotubes, mostly with helicoidal shape, with diameters about 20–70 nm; also, nanoribbons structures were found with 500 nm width. EDS demonstrated the presence of 94