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Porous Structure of PEG-Mediated Silica Controlled by Solution pH Full article

Journal Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
ISSN: 1387-1811 , E-ISSN: 1873-3093
Output data Year: 2020, Volume: 307, Article number : 110468, Pages count : 5 DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110468
Tags Sol-gel, Silica, PEG, pH, Structure-directing agent
Authors Gorbunova O.V. 1 , Baklanova O.N. 1 , Gulyaeva T.I. 1
Affiliations
1 Center of New Chemical Technologies BIC, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, 54 Neftezavodskaya Str, 644040, Omsk, Russian Federation

Funding (1)

1 Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation 0364-2019-0006

Abstract: This paper continues our previous study of porous amorphous silica prepared by the sol-gel method using polyethylene glycol (PEG) as structure-directing agent [O.V. Gorbunova et al., Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 190 (2014) 146–151]. Here we analyze the effect of acidic pH on the porous structure of silica synthesized with PEG. The results of adsorption studies and 29Si NMR spectroscopy data allow us to declare the possibility of tuning the porous structure of the amorphous silica materials exploiting the PEG concentration and pH of the growth solution. Our results reveal that a gradual increase of the solution pH in the presence of PEG initiates the growth of specific surface area, specific mesopore volume and average pore size. We found that PEG makes it possible to obtain microporous silica materials in the pH region of stable sols (from 1 to 3). When pH is in the range from 4 to 5, micro-mesoporous materials with pore size less than 4 nm are formed.
Cite: Gorbunova O.V. , Baklanova O.N. , Gulyaeva T.I.
Porous Structure of PEG-Mediated Silica Controlled by Solution pH
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 2020. V.307. 110468 :1-5. DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110468 WOS Scopus РИНЦ OpenAlex ANCAN publication_identifier_short.sciact_ihcp_identifier_type
Dates:
Submitted: May 3, 2020
Accepted: Jul 5, 2020
Published online: Jul 24, 2020
Published print: Nov 1, 2020
Identifiers:
≡ Web of science: WOS:000572431000009
≡ Scopus: 2-s2.0-85089009365
≡ Elibrary: 45385238
≡ OpenAlex: W3044616806
≡ Chemical Abstracts: 2020:1563792
≡ Chemical Abstracts (print): 174:249869
≡ publication_identifier.sciact_ihcp_identifier_type: 2857
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