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Elsevier, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2-3(143), p. 406-412

DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2011.03.033

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Synthesis of ordered mesoporous alumina with large pore sizes and hierarchical structure

Journal article published in 2011 by Qingling Wu, Fan Zhang, Jianping Yang ORCID, Qiang Li, Bo Tu, Dongyuan Zhao
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Abstract

Alumina materials with ordered mesostructure and hierarchical porosity have been synthesized via a one-step process using aluminum iso-propoxide as an inorganic precursor, pluronic P123 as a template, hydrochloric acid and citric acid as the pH adjustors, and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene (TMB) as a swelling agent. These mesoporous aluminas have relatively high surface areas (up to 309 m2/g), pore volumes (∼0.51 cm3/g), large pore sizes (up to 7.5 nm), and high thermal stability (up to 900 °C). In addition, the weight ratios of TMB/P123 play an important role in the synthesis process for controlling the mesostructures and pore sizes of the materials. The alumina with highly ordered 2-D hexagonal mesostructure (space group p6mm) can be synthesized with the weight ratios of TMB/P123 ranging from 0 to 3. Simultaneously, the pore sizes of ordered mesoporous aluminas were gradually enlarged with the increase of the TMB content. However, phase transformation of the mesoporous alumina from the 2-D hexagonal to hierarchical could be realized when the TMB/P123 weight ratio was increased to 5.