Tunable E ect of the Calcination of the Silanol Groups of KIT-6 and SBA-15 Mesoporous Materials

The calcination process is a crucial step during SBA-15 and KIT-6 synthesis. It is used to completely remove the organic template and condense silanol groups, and it allows the determination of the textural and physical properties of these materials, depending on the adopted conditions. Moreover, ca...

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Autores: Basso, Adriano Martinez, Nicola, Bruna Pes, Bernardo-Gusmão, Kátia, Pergher, Sibele Berenice Castellã
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/280893
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/280893
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Materiais mesoporosos
Calcinação
Grupos de Silanol
Mesoporous materials
Silanol groups
Calcination
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Sumario:The calcination process is a crucial step during SBA-15 and KIT-6 synthesis. It is used to completely remove the organic template and condense silanol groups, and it allows the determination of the textural and physical properties of these materials, depending on the adopted conditions. Moreover, calcination influences the number of silanols available on the surface of the material. The concentration of silanols is important if these materials were synthesized for use in adsorption or functionalization. To understand and optimize the silanol groups of SBA-15 and KIT-6, in this study, the temperature and time calcination parameters were varied. The experiments were performed at 300, 400, and 500 C for 300, 400, and 500 min. The results show that the ideal temperature to preserve the silanol groups is 300 C, but to optimize the textural properties, it is better to calcine these molecular sieves at 400 C. A calcination for 10 h did not give better results than a calcination for 5 h, demonstrating that the former duration is excessive for use.