Abstract
A new strategy was introduced to synthesize mesoporous γ-Al2O3 by double hydrolysis method using hydroxyl polyacids and CTAB (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) as co-templates. The intermediate aluminum hydroxides were characterized by IR, XRD and TG. A formation mechanism of the meso-structure is suggested, where hydroxyl polyacids interact with aluminum species and CTAB simultaneously and bridge the interaction between aluminum and CTAB micelle in favor of the genesis of ordered meso-structure. Characterizations by XRD and N2 sorption measurements showed that the resulted mesoporous alumina with γ-Al2O3 phase possessed high surface area (398 m2 g-1), large pore volume (0.59 cm3 g-1) and exhibited good catalytic activity for cyclohexene epoxidation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 226-231 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Microporous and Mesoporous Materials |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
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| State | Published - Jul 2010 |
Keywords
- CTAB
- Cyclohexene epoxidation
- Double hydrolysis
- Hydroxyl polyacids
- Mesoporous γ-AlO