Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Synthesis and Characterization of SBA-15 and SBA-16 Templated by Block Copolymers

ZHU Rong1,2; CHEN Hang-Hong1; SHI Jian-Lin1; VAN Dong-Sheng1   

  1. 1.State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China;2. Department of Materials Sciences & Engineering; University of Sciences and Technology; Beijing 100083; China
  • Received:2002-07-09 Revised:2002-08-16 Published:2003-07-20 Online:2003-07-20

Abstract: Two different structures of mesoporous silica materials SBA-15 (P6mm) and SBA-16 (Im3m) were
synthesized by using commercial block copolymers P123 and F127 as structure-directing agents correspondingly under acidic conditions. The
characteristics of samples were investigated by using XRD, N2 adsorption-desorption, and HTEM techniques. The results show that the
resulted mesoporous materials SBA-15 and SBA-16 are highly ordered materials. Their highest BET surface areas are respectively around
765m2·g-1 and 930m2·g-1. The pore diameters are 6.46nm and 3.92nm correspondingly. This means the synthesized mesoporous
materials have potential applications in functional and economic materials.

Key words: synthesis, block copolymers, mesoporous silica materials

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