Abstract
Mesostructured cellular foam (MCF) silica with high surface area (>600 m2/g) and large pore volume (≈1.16 cm3/g) was synthesized via a surfactant templating method. The MCF silica was then modified by grafting 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane (APTES) to create a positive charge on the surface, and thus, to provide sites for the immobilization of H3PMo12O40. By taking advantage of the overall negative charge of [PMo12O40]3-, the H3PMo12O40 catalyst was chemically immobilized on the aminopropyl group of the surface modified MCF silica as a charge matching component. The mesopore structure of MCF silica was maintained even after the surface modification step and the subsequent immobilization step of H3PMo12O40. The H3PMo12O40 species were finely and molecularly dispersed on the surface modified MCF silica via chemical immobilization.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2132-2142 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Materials Research Bulletin |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 Dec 4 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors wish to acknowledge support from the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF R01-2004-000-10502-0).
Keywords
- A. Inorganic compounds
- A. Surfaces
- D. Surface properties
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering