کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1694118 | 1519061 | 2016 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

• A template-free process to prepare mesoporous silica (MS) from kaolin was designed.
• The process simply consists of calcination, alkali- and acid-treatment.
• MS has an improved SBET of 751.5 m2/g and DBJH of ~ 4 nm.
• MS has a high monolayer adsorption capacity of 756.5 mg/g towards methylene blue.
A novel zeolite-involved template-free strategy is proposed and demonstrated to process natural kaolin into mesoporous silica with enlarged specific surface area (SBET). Kaolin was calcined and alkali-treated into aluminosilica zeolite, and then transformed into amorphous mesoporous silica with SBET of 751.5 m2/g and pore size of ~ 4.0 nm at the maximum probability in a subsequent acid-treatment. The alkali-treatment and the formation of zeolite intermediate were found to be the key for the SBET enlargement. The mechanisms were studied by XRD, XRF, SEM, TEM and N2 adsorption/desorption. The mesoporous silica shows favorable adsorption ability towards methylene blue with a monolayer adsorption capacity of up to 756.5 mg/g, indicating its promising potential in adsorption application.
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Journal: Applied Clay Science - Volume 123, April 2016, Pages 76–82