Journal
JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
Volume 356, Issue 50-51, Pages 2709-2713Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2010.09.047
Keywords
Mesoporous; Amorphous tantalum phosphate; Tantalum tartrate; High surface area
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- CSIR
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Mesoporous amorphous tantalum phosphate (TP) has been synthesized through a simple precipitation technique using aqueous solution of tantalum tartrate complex and diammonium hydrogen phosphate as precursors of tantalum and phosphorous respectively and a cationic surfactant tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTBr) as a structure directing agent The optimized mesoporous amorphous TP shows high surface area (359 m(2)/g) narrow pore size distribution (23-10 nm) and considerable pore volume (0 410 ml/g) after calculations at 550 C Thermal effect on the as-synthesized TP has been investigated through thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis and the structural characterizations of mesoporous TP calcined at 550 C for 4 h have been carried out by low angle X-ray diffraction Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy P-31 magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy High resolution transmission electron microscopy study shows the presence of wormlike mesopores and the selected area electron diffraction pattern depicts the amorphous nature of mesoporous TP The interaction of NH3 with TP has been Investigated by means of temperature programmed desorption of ammonia which indicates the existence of acidic sites of moderate strength on the surface of mesoporous TP (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved
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