A facile method to synthesize novel hollow mesoporous silica spheres and advanced storage property

  • Yufang Zhu
  • , Jianlin Shi*
  • , Hangrong Chen
  • , Weihua Shen
  • , Xiaoping Dong
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Hollow mesoporous silica spheres with uniform size and morphology have been successfully synthesized in a facile route using PVP and CTAB as co-templates at room temperature. XRD, N2 adsorption-desorption analysis, FE-SEM, TEM and UV-vis are used for the characterization. The hexagonally ordered pore channels are formed on the shell. These hollow mesoporous silica spheres have been proven to store much more guest molecules than conventional MCM-41, with more than half of them being held in the hollow cores.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)218-222
Number of pages5
JournalMicroporous and Mesoporous Materials
Volume84
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Co-templates
  • Hollow mesoporous silica spheres
  • PVP
  • Storage property

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