Synthesis of highly ordered and hydrothermally stable mesoporous materials using sodium silicate as a precursor

  • Dahai Pan
  • , Lei Tan
  • , Kun Qian
  • , Liang Zhou
  • , Yu Fan
  • , Chengzhong Yu*
  • , Xiaojun Bao
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Highly ordered mesoporous silica and aluminosilicate materials with extremely high hydrothermal stability have been synthesized successfully at a high hydrothermal treatment temperature of 200 °C by using inexpensive sodium silicate and sodium aluminate as the silica source and alumina source, respectively. The resultant mesoporous materials possess a hexagonal mesostructure and extraordinary stability towards the steam treatment at 800 °C for 2 h. In addition, the direct incorporation of Al into the mesoporous framework can further enhance the hydrothermal stability of ordered mesoporous materials. Our contribution provides a commercially important approach to synthesize ordered mesoporous materials with highly hydrothermal stability, which may find potential applications for the catalytic cracking in the petroleum industry.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1543-1545
Number of pages3
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume64
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Block copolymer
  • Hydrothermal stability
  • Mesoporous materials
  • Sodium silicate

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