In this paper,a method composed of gelation of basic skeleton(first step)and skeleton reinforcement process(second step)was introduced to synthesize silica powder with high pore volume through the reaction between wat...In this paper,a method composed of gelation of basic skeleton(first step)and skeleton reinforcement process(second step)was introduced to synthesize silica powder with high pore volume through the reaction between water glass and sulfuric acid.No organic solvents were involved in the entire preparation process and the final product was collected by spray drying.The effect of concentration of base solution,gelation point p H value and skeleton reinforcement time on the BET specific surface area and pore volume of the prepared silica powder were investigated intensively.The results show that,a basic skeleton with good dispersibility and high porosity was obtained when the concentration of base solution was 0.1 mol·L^(-1) and the gelation p H value reached 6.5.Then the basic skeleton grew into a more uniform porous structure after 30 min skeleton reinforcement.Under these optimum conditions,silica powder prepared by skeleton reinforcement method had a BET specific surface area of 358.0 m^(2)·g^(-1),and its pore volume reached 2.18 cm^(3)·g^(-1),which was much higher than that of prepared by skeleton-free method(1.62 cm^(3)·g^(-1))and by direct gelation method(0.31 cm^(3)·g^(-1)).展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21838003, 91834301, 21878092)the Shanghai Scientific and Technological Innovation Project (18JC1410600)+2 种基金the Social Development Program of Shanghai(17DZ1200900, 18DZ2252400)the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commissionthe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (222201718002)
文摘In this paper,a method composed of gelation of basic skeleton(first step)and skeleton reinforcement process(second step)was introduced to synthesize silica powder with high pore volume through the reaction between water glass and sulfuric acid.No organic solvents were involved in the entire preparation process and the final product was collected by spray drying.The effect of concentration of base solution,gelation point p H value and skeleton reinforcement time on the BET specific surface area and pore volume of the prepared silica powder were investigated intensively.The results show that,a basic skeleton with good dispersibility and high porosity was obtained when the concentration of base solution was 0.1 mol·L^(-1) and the gelation p H value reached 6.5.Then the basic skeleton grew into a more uniform porous structure after 30 min skeleton reinforcement.Under these optimum conditions,silica powder prepared by skeleton reinforcement method had a BET specific surface area of 358.0 m^(2)·g^(-1),and its pore volume reached 2.18 cm^(3)·g^(-1),which was much higher than that of prepared by skeleton-free method(1.62 cm^(3)·g^(-1))and by direct gelation method(0.31 cm^(3)·g^(-1)).
