Sol-gel synthesis of SBA-15: Impact of HCl on surface chemistry
Sol-gel synthesis of SBA-15: Impact of HCl on surface chemistry
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DOI:
10.1016/j.micromeso.2018.05.043
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发表时间:
2018-11-15
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Wilson, Karen
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作者:
Pirez, Cyril;Morin, Jean-Charles;Wilson, Karen
Surface functionalisation of mesoporous silicas is critical to their application as sorbents and catalyst supports. Here we report the impact of chloride on the physicochemical properties of SBA-15, notably the surface density of reactive hydroxyl groups. Bulk and surface properties were characterised by N-2 porosimetry, X-ray diffraction, SEM, TEM, FTIR spectroscopy, and Inverse gas chromatography (IGC). Increasing the HCl concentration from 0.1 -> 2.0 M during the sol-gel preparation of SBA-15 increased the surface silanol coverage two-fold, and slightly widened mesopores from 4.2 to 4.9 nm. IGC reveals that the specific surface energy and corresponding surface polarity of SBA-15 correlate with surface silanol properties, and hence tuning the HCl concentration during SBA-15 synthesis offers a facile route to hydrophilic or hydrophobic silicas, and in turn a means to control their functionalisation and sorptive properties.