Journal
MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
Volume 127, Issue 1-2, Pages 67-72Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2009.06.028
Keywords
Hollow; Mesoporous; Silica spheres; Sol-gel; Emulsion
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50825202, 50572031]
- National Research Fund for Fundamental Key Project [2009CB939701]
- University of Chinese Ministry of Education
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Hollow mesoporous silica spheres were synthesized by a sol-gel/emulsion (oil-in-water/ethanol) approach, in which cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant was employed to stabilize and direct the hydrolysis of oil droplets of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). The diameters of the hollow spheres can be tuned in the range from 210 to 720 nm by varying the ratio of ethanol-to-water and their shell thickness can be mediated by changing the concentration of CTAB used in the system. BET surface areas of the hollow silica spheres are determined to be in the range of 924-1766 m(2) g(-1) and their pore sizes are around 3.10 nm as determined by BJH method. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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