Abstract
Silatrane prepared from fumed silica and triethanolamine (TEA) was used as a precursor for the sol-gel synthesis of M-SBA-1 (M = Fe and Ti) at room temperature using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as a template, and dilute solutions of ferric chloride and titanium glycolate as metal sources. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed the mesoporous materials to be well-ordered cubic structures, while N2 adsorption/desorption measurements yielded high surface areas. Diffuse reflectance UV-visible spectroscopy demonstrated that iron (Fe3+) and titanium (Ti4+) were incorporated in the framework of the calcined materials to loadings of 6 wt.% Fe and 10 wt.% Ti without perturbing the ordered mesoporous structure.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4545-4548 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Materials Letters |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 30 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 15 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
Keywords
- Cubic phase
- Mesoporous silica
- SBA-1
- Silatrane
- Sol-gel process