Template synthesis and mesostructural characterization of ordered mesoporous
silica, titania and carbon materials have been systematically investigated in this study. In order to obtain a better understanding of the template-precursor relationship, there are two templates adopted in this research. One is the ¡§liquid crystal template (LCT)¡¨, composed of surfactants via self-assembly pathway; the other is the ¡§ordered silica spheres template¡¨, composed of monodispersed SiO2 spheres (~40 nm) via gravity sedimentation. This work was carried out in four related directions: (1) Synthesis and functionalization of ordered mesoporous silicate (MCM-41 and MCM-48) via cationic surfactant template; (2) Using anionic surfactant template-assisted via urea treatment to control the morphology of the TiO2; (3) Synthesis of ordered mesoporous anatase TiO2 via cationic surfactant template; (4) Synthesis of ordered mesoporous carbon from mesophase pitch solution via silica spheres template.
Mesoporous silica materials MCM-41 and MCM-48 have been synthesized and identified. The MCM-41 has a hexagonal phase (p6m) with surface area of 1006.90 m2/g and pore size of 37.65 Å, The MCM-48 has cubic phase ( ) with surface area of 1093.34 m2/g and pore size of 29.20 Å. The calcined MCM-41was rehydrated by heating in water and functionalized with 3-amino propyltrimethoxysilane; this functionalized mesoporous silica is targeted as a template of metal oxides, such as TiO2. appears the same tendency of parent MCM-41 in the N2 sorption isotherm measurements.
Nanocrystalline TiO2 rods and hollow-tubes with an engraved pattern on the surface have been prepared by the anionic template-assisted sol-gel synthesis via urea treatment and under hydrothermal condition. X-ray diffractometry (XRD) results indicate that these nanocrystallines consist predominantly of anatase TiO2, with minor amounts of rutile and brookite. The crystallographic facetting found from SEM and TEM further reveals the polymorphic nature of the nanocrystalline TiO2 thus prepared. A ¡§reverse micelle¡¨ formation mechanism taking into account the hydrothermal temperature, the pH effect of the sol-gel system, the isoelectric point, the formation of micelles, and the electrostatic interaction between the anionic surfactant and the growing TiO2 particulates is proposed to illustrate the competition between the physical micelle assembly of the ionic surfactants and the chemical hydrolysis and condensation reactions of the Ti precursors.
Ordered mesoporous TiO2 materials with an anatase framework have been synthesized by using a cationic surfactant template and soluble peroxytitanates as Ti precursor through an S+I− self-assembly pathway. The low-angle X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of the as-prepared mesoporous TiO2 materials indicates a hexagonal mesostructure. XRD and TEM results and N2 sorption isotherms measurements indicate the calcined mesoporous TiO2 possesses an anatase crystalline framework having a maximum pore size of 6.9 nm and a maximum BET specific surface area of 284 m2/g. This ordered mesoporous TiO2 also demonstrates a high photocatalytic activity for degradation of methylene blue under ultraviolet irradiation.
Under a lower carbonization temperature and with a mesophase pitch solution as the carbon precursor, ordered mesoporous carbon thick films with 35-nm pore size have been synthesized using SiO2 spheres as the template. The pore size of the mesoporous carbon thus fabricated was the smallest one ever reported using silica templates. SEM and TEM patterns show a discernible morphology of an ordered cubic close-packing of the mesopores interconnected via holes of 6 nm in diameter.
From this study, the template synthesis has been proven to be an effective method to fabricate mesoporous silica, polymorphic titania, ordered mesoporous TiO2, and ordered mesoporous carbon materials. Further utilization of this template synthesis is expected to offer a variety of porous networks with a wide range of pore sizes, well-defined morphologies on controllable length scales, and various chemical functionalities to match the needs of different applications.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0103108-185456 |
| Date | 03 January 2008 |
| Creators | Kao, Li-Heng |
| Contributors | San-Yuan Chen, Wei-Hung Su, Hong-Yang Lu, Tzu-Chien Hsu, Yun-Ming Wang, Li-Feng Wang, Bing-Hwai Hwang |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0103108-185456 |
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