An improved bulk sol-gel process was found to prepare transparent, non-cracking, highly pure and mono-component monolithic silica gels with a low volume shrinkage. HSi（OC2H5）3 was used as a gel acceleration to short...An improved bulk sol-gel process was found to prepare transparent, non-cracking, highly pure and mono-component monolithic silica gels with a low volume shrinkage. HSi（OC2H5）3 was used as a gel acceleration to shorten the whole sol-gel processing time in the place of the carbonate powders in bulk sol-gel process. The mono-component silica gel monoliths prepared via the improved bulk sol-gel process possess a microporous structure and a good transmittance in the UV-Vis region, and the mass fraction of silica is 89%, the mass fraction of small molecules is 11%.展开更多
文摘An improved bulk sol-gel process was found to prepare transparent, non-cracking, highly pure and mono-component monolithic silica gels with a low volume shrinkage. HSi（OC2H5）3 was used as a gel acceleration to shorten the whole sol-gel processing time in the place of the carbonate powders in bulk sol-gel process. The mono-component silica gel monoliths prepared via the improved bulk sol-gel process possess a microporous structure and a good transmittance in the UV-Vis region, and the mass fraction of silica is 89%, the mass fraction of small molecules is 11%.
