Organic acid-assisted soft-templating synthesis of ordered mesoporous carbons

A series of soft-templated ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) was synthesized by using resorcinol and formaldehyde as carbon precursors, triblock copolymer Pluronic F127 as a soft-template, and an organic acid (acetic, benzoic, citric, oxalic, or succinic) as a polymerization reaction catalyst. The aforementioned organic acids were strong enough to facilitate the formation of ordered mesophases by the block copolymer template used and to catalyze the polymerization reaction of resorcinol and formaldehyde in this template. The use of weak organic acids instead of strong inorganic acids such as HCl eliminated inorganic anions from the reaction environment and resulted in high surface area OMCs. Basically, the resulting carbons showed the surface areas and pore volumes comparable to those reported for the carbons prepared under similar conditions but in the presence of strong inorganic acids. Electron microscopy analysis proved the presence of ordered mesopores, whereas thermogravimetric analysis showed a good thermal stability of these carbons.     

Tuning the mesostructures of vinyl silica by adjusting the micellar curvature

In our previous study (Wang, Y. Q.; Yang, C.-M.; Zibrowius, B.; Spliethoff, B.; Lindén, M.; Schüth, F. Chem. Mater. 2003, 15, 5029), mesoporous vinyl-functionalized silica (vinyl silica) with hexagonal P6mm and cubic Ia3d structures has been synthesized at different loadings of vinyl groups and at different concentrations of sodium chloride when triblock copolymer P123 was used as a template. Our further investigations presented in this article reveal that at a loading of 10% vinyl groups, well-ordered cubic Ia3d structure was obtained at a low concentration of Na2SO4 (0.5 M) and the hexagonal structure was produced at 1.0 M NaCl. When NaNO3 was used as the inorganic salt, the hexagonal structure was still maintained even at a salt concentration of 2.0 M. The result is in accordance with the Hofmeister series order (salting-out effect): SO4(2-) > Cl- > NO3(-). The lowering of the acidity also induced the formation of the cubic Ia3d structure. At 20% loading, hexagonal structure can be obtained by adding the more hydrophilic Pluronic F127 (EO106PO70EO106) to the acidic solutions of P123, but the hexagonal structure cannot be produced with pure P123 under the synthesis conditions investigated. All of these results can be rationalized through hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance and the change in micellar curvature. Furthermore, 10% mercaptopropyl-functionalized mesoporous silica with cubic Ia3d structure was designed and synthesized successfully with the assistance of an inorganic salt (NaCl) in an acidic solution of P123, which is the first example of mercaptopropyl-functionalized large-pore mesoporous silica with high loadings.     

酚醛基电纺纤维的制备和分散形态研究

用电纺技术制备了酚醛纤维及碳纤维.用合成的甲阶酚醛(A-stage resol)和聚乙烯醇(PVA)在不同配比下进行电纺,然后经150℃固化处理1h,制得酚醛(PF)纤维.将PF和PVA质量比为1∶2的酚醛纤维在不同的温度下进行热处理,得到的纤维直径均小于200nm.用场发射扫描电镜(FESEM)观察并比较了纤维的直径和分散形态.用红外光谱(IR)证实了,在600℃下热处理后的酚醛纤维为碳纤维,分散形态最为理想.     

A family of ordered mesoporous carbons derived from mesophase pitch using ordered mesoporous silicas as templates

A variety of ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) were synthesized using ordered mesoporous silicas (OMSs) as hard templates and the mesophase pitch (MP) as a carbon precursor. The synthesis included the mixing of OMS with MP, the infiltration of OMS with MP at 450–550?°C and the carbonization of MP in OMS/MP composite followed by the dissolution of the OMS template. OMCs with structures of two-dimensional hexagonal arrays of nanorods and three-dimensional arrays of nanospheres were obtained through the replication of silica templates, including large-pore SBA-15, KIT-6, large-pore FDU-12 and SBA-16. In particular, 2-D hexagonal array of carbon nanorods (CMK-3 carbon) with (100) interplanar spacing of ～13 nm as well as an array of carbon nanospheres arranged in the face-centered cubic structure with the unit-cell parameter of 33 nm were successfully prepared. The specific surface areas of the resulting carbons were up to 400 m²/g, and the total pore volumes were up to 0.43 cm³/g, with the highest values achieved when the MP infiltration temperature was 500?°C. The OMCs exhibited narrow mesopore size distributions. As inferred from XRD, the frameworks of OMCs featured semi-graphitic structures even though moderate carbonization temperature (850?°C) was employed.     

In situ SAXS study on a new mechanism for mesostructure formation of ordered mesoporous carbons: thermally induced self-assembly

A new mechanism for mesostructure formation of ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) was investigated with in situ small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements: thermally induced self-assembly. Unlike the well-established evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA), the structure formation for organic-organic self-assembly of an oligomeric resol precursor and the block-copolymer templates Pluronic P123 and F127 does not occur during evaporation but only by following a thermopolymerization step at temperatures above 100 °C. The systems investigated here were cubic (Im3m), orthorhombic Fmmm) and 2D-hexagonal (plane group p6mm) mesoporous carbon phases in confined environments, as thin films and within the pores of anodic alumina membranes (AAMs), respectively. The thin films were prepared by spin-coating mixtures of the resol precursor and the surfactants in ethanol followed by thermopolymerization of the precursor oligomers. The carbon phases within the pores of AAMs were made by imbibition of the latter solutions followed by solvent evaporation and thermopolymerization within the solid template. This thermopolymerization step was investigated in detail with in situ grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS, for films) and in situ SAXS (for AAMs). It was found that the structural evolution strongly depends on the chosen temperature, which controls both the rate of the mesostructure formation and the spatial dimensions of the resulting mesophase. Therefore the process of structure formation differs significantly from the known EISA process and may rather be viewed as thermally induced self-assembly. The complete process of structure formation, template removal, and shrinkage during carbonization up to 1100 °C was monitored in this in situ SAXS study.     

The Variation of Composition of Resols Under Different Reaction Conditions

The multi-hydroxymethyl structure of resol makes it suitable for connecting two or more polyacrylamide chains as a crosslinker in oil recovery applications, but control of the structure and composition of the resol, whether in practice or theory, is still a controversial problem. In the present research, a series of resol prepolymers synthesized with different amounts and types of catalysts, formaldehyde to phenol molar ratio, reaction temperature and charging steps were characterized by high-performance liquid chromatography. It is found that the compositions of the resols barely changed with almost all the varying conditions, but the contents of each component were greatly affected by the variation of reaction conditions. Finally, the best conditions for preparing resol crosslinker were obtained.     

Electrochemical Oxidation and Detection of Morphine at Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Modified Glassy Carbon Electrodes

In this work, three ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) with different structural parameters were synthesized by a simple variation of the hydrothermal temperature of the silica templates (SBA‐15). X‐ray diffraction and nitrogen adsorption‐desorption results show these OMCs exhibit an ordered 2D hexagonal mesostructure with tunable pore diameter. OMC‐modified glassy carbon electrodes exhibit efficient electrocatalytic reactivity toward oxidation of morphine (MO). The amperometric detection of MO in pH 7.0 phosphate buffered saline at +0.39 V versus Ag/AgCl is the lowest potential reported to‐date. A linear range from 0.2 to 197.6 μM and a detection limit of 0.03 μM MO were obtained.     

Polymer structure of cured alkaline phenol–formaldehyde resol resins with respect to resin synthesis mole ratio and oxidative side reactions

A wood adhesive-type phenol–formaldehyde (PF) resol resin synthesized with a typical formaldehyde to phenol mol ratio of 2.10 was thoroughly cured and studied by the solid-state crosspolarization/magic angle spinning ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance (CP/MAS NMR) spectroscopy. The methylene group/phenol mol ratio values found were between 1.35 and 1.46, close to the value of a completely cured PF polymer structure. The amount of formaldehyde emitted during resin curing was very small. Other formaldehyde-derived groups determined from CP/MAS NMR spectra and relatively high levels of oxidation products of formaldehyde determined from water extracts of cured resin raised the total formaldehyde-derived groups/phenol mol ratio value to close to that of the synthesis mol ratio. Technological implications of these findings are discussed. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 35: 3275–3285, 1997     

多孔酚醛树脂热解碳材料的制备与结构

用苯酚和甲醛在氨水催化下合成了可溶性酚醛树脂, 经掺杂不同质量比发泡剂(氯化锌)后在惰性气氛下进行热裂解(500～900 ℃), 制备了多孔热解碳导电材料(PPAS); 用FTIR, XRD, TG, SEM, BET等方法对所制备材料进行了结构表征, 详细讨论了发泡剂的加入对热解碳导电材料结构和性能的影响. 研究发现: 酚醛树脂经掺杂一定量发泡剂后再进行热裂解, 一方面加快了酚醛树脂分子间的脱水速度, 降低了热裂解温度范围; 另一方面, 裂解产物内部结构的微晶尺寸和层间距发生了明显变化, 未掺杂发泡剂的裂解产物呈现尖锐棱角的无定形结构, 而掺杂发泡剂的裂解产物则为多孔的球形和椭球形结构; 表面吸附实验测试结果表明, 当酚醛树脂与发泡剂的质量比为1∶3, 升温速率为30 ℃/h, 热裂解温度为600 ℃时, 热裂解产物的比表面积可达2150 m2•g－1, 平均孔径在11 Å左右.     

磺酸基团功能化的碳-硅介孔复合材料的制备及其在生物柴油绿色合成中的应用(英文)

利用化学浸渍法将蔗糖负载到 SBA-15 介孔材料孔道内部, 高温炭化形成的多聚苯环经发烟硫酸气相磺化处理后, 得到磺酸基团功能化的新型碳-硅介孔复合材料. 发烟硫酸气相磺化处理是该材料合成的关键步骤. X 射线衍射、扫描电镜和氮气吸附结果表明, 碳-硅介孔复合材料经磺酸化处理保持了高度有序的介孔结构. 热重、傅里叶变换的红外光谱及吡啶吸附红外光谱结果证明, 磺酸功能基团成功的嫁接于碳-硅介孔复合材料孔道的内表面, 反应活性中心为 Br?nsted 酸, 酸密度在 0.09~0.70 mmol/g 可以有效调变. 当碳负载量为 35% 时, 该复合材料在生物柴油的绿色合成中显示出最优的催化性能, 且可重复使用 3 次以上.     

Effect of pore packing defects in 2-d ordered mesoporous carbons on ionic transport

Ordered mesoporous materials show great importance in energy, environmental, and chemical engineering. The diffusion of guest species in mesoporous networks plays an important role in these applications, especially for energy storage, such as supercapacitors based on ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs). The ion diffusion behavior in two different 2-D hexagonal OMCs was investigated by using cyclic voltametry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. In addition, transmission electron microscopy, small-angle X-ray diffraction, and nitrogen cryosorption methods were used to study the pore structure variations of these two OMCs. It was found that, for the OMC with defective pore channels (termed as pore packing defects), the gravimetric capacitance was greatly decayed when the voltage scan rate was increased. The experimental results suggest that, for the ion diffusion in 2-D hexagonal OMCs with similar mesopore size distribution, the pore packing defect is a dominant dynamic factor.     

钒改性六方介孔硅分子筛催化苯羟基化制苯酚

以偏钒酸铵为钒源,采用溶胶-凝胶法合成了不同钒含量的六方介孔硅（V-HMS）分子筛,利用X射线衍射、N2吸附-脱附和程序升温还原(H2-TPR)对合成的催化剂进行了表征,考察了V-HMS对苯羟基化反应的影响。 结果表明,钒进入了分子筛骨架,并且在HMS分子筛上具有较好的分散性。 V-HMS对苯羟基化反应具有良好的催化活性;高分散的钒氧物种有利于提高苯的羟基化反应性能,溶剂乙腈对反应促进作用明显。 乙腈为溶剂,w(V(5.8)-HMS)=2%,60 ℃反应5 h,苯酚收率达到18.55%,选择性达到100%。     

Triconstituent co-assembly to ordered mesostructured polymer-silica and carbon-silica nanocomposites and large-pore mesoporous carbons with high surface areas

Highly ordered mesoporous polymer-silica and carbon-silica nanocomposites with interpenetrating networks have been successfully synthesized by the evaporation-induced triconstituent co-assembly method, wherein soluble resol polymer is used as an organic precursor, prehydrolyzed TEOS is used as an inorganic precursor, and triblock copolymer F127 is used as a template. It is proposed for the first time that ordered mesoporous nanocomposites have "reinforced concrete"-structured frameworks. By adjusting the initial mass ratios of TEOS to resol, we determined the obtained nanocomposites possess continuous composition with the ratios ranging from zero to infinity for the two constituents that are "homogeneously" dispersed inside the pore walls. The presence of silicates in nanocomposites dramatically inhibits framework shrinkage during the calcination, resulting in highly ordered large-pore mesoporous carbon-silica nanocomposites. Combustion in air or etching in HF solution can remove carbon or silica from the carbon-silica nanocomposites and yield ordered mesoporous pure silica or carbon frameworks. The process generates plenty of small pores in carbon or/and silica pore walls. Ordered mesoporous carbons can then be obtained with large pore sizes of approximately 6.7 nm, pore volumes of approximately 2.0 cm(3)/g, and high surface areas of approximately 2470 m(2)/g. The pore structures and textures can be controlled by varying the sizes and polymerization degrees of two constituent precursors. Accordingly, by simply tuning the aging time of TEOS, ordered mesoporous carbons with evident bimodal pores at 2.6 and 5.8 nm can be synthesized.     

Templated Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Carbons with Tailored Structures and Morphologies

Due to the excellent biocompatibility and the capability to load and release drugs, ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) have been highly prospective and valuable in drug delivery system. In this contribution, synthesis of OMCs with tailored pore sizes from 4.1 to 3.4 nm was achieved by employing SBA‐15 as template and furfuryl alcohol (FA) as carbon precursors. An array of OMCs with controlled structures and morphologies by incipient wetness with FA was analyzed by powder X‐ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Raman spectroscopy. The resulting carbon replicas retained the hexagonal symmetry of the silica templates SBA‐15 with p6mm space group, although the framework suffered shrinkage in the replicated process. The pore size distribution, uniformity and pore volume of the mesopores in the OMCs were affected by structural properties of the SBA‐15 templates as shown by N₂ sorption and XRD pattern analysis. The process had the advantage that the textural parameters of the obtained OMCs were tunable simply by varying aging temperature of the silica template and the ratio of carbon precursor.     

苯基桥键型介孔材料的制备与表征

以1,4-二(三乙氧基硅基)-苯为硅源,聚氧乙烯-聚氧丙烯-聚氧乙烯三嵌段共聚物为模板剂,十六烷基三甲基溴化铵为共模板剂,乙醇为共溶剂,在酸性条件下合成了球形的苯基桥键型有序介孔材料。X射线衍射和透射电镜表征结果表明,该材料具有有序的二维六方相介观结构;傅立叶红外变换、13C和29S i固体核磁共振表征证实硅胶骨架中成功引入了苯基桥键,且在合成和模板移除过程中未发生S i—C键断裂;元素分析表明材料含碳量为34%~39%;热重分析说明材料稳定温度可达300℃;氮气吸附脱附揭示了材料有较高的比表面积(500~600 m2/g)和窄的孔径分布(3.21~3.95 nm)。将该苯基材料不经化学改性直接用作反相高效液相色谱固定相,并与商品键合硅胶苯基色谱柱比较,发现桥键型苯基材料对芳香类化合物具有很好的分离选择性,残留硅羟基明显减少,作为一种新的液相色谱填料具有很好的应用前景。     

Adsorption and structural properties of channel-like and cage-like organosilicas

Channel-like and cage-like mesoporous silicas, SBA-15 (P6mm symmetry group) and SBA-16 (Im3m symmetry group), were modified by introducing single ureidopropyl surface groups, mixed ureidopropyl and mercaptopropyl surface groups, and single bis(propyl)disulfide bridging groups. These hexagonal and cubic organosilicas were prepared under acidic conditions via co-condensation of tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and proper organosilanes using poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(propylene oxide)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) amphiphilic block copolymer templates, P123 (EO₂₀PO₇₀EO₂₀) and F127 (EO₁₀₆PO₇₀EO₁₀₆). The modified SBA-15 and SBA-16 materials were synthesized by varying the molar ratio of organosilane to TEOS in the initial synthesis gel. The removal of polymeric templates, P123 and F127, was performed with ethanol/hydrochloric acid solution. In the case of SBA-15 the P123 template was fully extracted, whereas this extraction process was less efficient for the removal of F127 template from the SBA-16-type organosilicas; in the latter case a small residue of F127 was retained. The adsorption and structural properties of the resulting materials were studied by nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms at −196^∘C (surface area, pore size distribution, pore volumes), powder X-Ray diffraction, CHNS elemental analysis and high-resolution thermogravimetry. The structural ordering, the BET specific surface area, pore volume and pore size decreased for both channel-like and cage-like mesoporous organosilicas with increasing concentration of incorporated organic groups.     

Aqueous dye adsorption on ordered mesoporous carbons

Ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) with varying pore size, and microporous carbon, CFY, were synthesized using ordered mesoporous silica SBA-15 and NaY zeolite as hard templates, respectively. N(2) adsorption tests show that the synthesized OMCs possess abundant mesopores and centralized mesopore distribution. Methylene blue (MB) and neutral red (NR) were used as probe molecules to investigate their adsorption behaviors on OMCs and CFY. As evidenced by adsorption tests, the volume of mesopores of which the pore size is larger than 3.5 nm is a crucial factor for the adsorption capacity and adsorption rate of MB on OMCs. However, the most probable pore diameter of OMCs was found to be vital to the adsorption capacity and adsorption rate of NR. Theoretical studies show that the adsorption kinetics of MB and NR on OMCs can be well depicted by using pseudo-second-order kinetic model.     

Fe-MSU-1介孔分子筛的合成及其催化苯酚羟基化性能

以月桂醇聚氧乙烯醚为模板剂,在中性条件下成功合成了Fe-MSU-1介孔分子筛.采用X射线衍射、傅里叶变换红外光谱、紫外-可见吸收光谱、电子自旋共振谱、透射电镜、低温N2吸附和电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱对样品进行了表征.考察了Fe-MSU-1分子筛在苯酚羟基化反应中的催化性能以及工艺条件对苯酚羟基化反应的影响.结果表明,Fe3 离子进入了分子筛骨架,Fe-MSU-1分子筛具有均一的蠕虫状介孔结构,平均孔径约为2.9nm.在焙烧后的Fe-MSU-1样品中,Fe3 主要以四配位的形式存在,无骨架外Fe2O3物种形成.以水为溶剂,在苯酚/H2O2摩尔比为3,反应温度353K,反应时间7h的条件下,苯酚和H2O2的转化率以及苯二酚的选择性分别达到20.4%,96.9%和99.6%.     

有序介孔C-Al2O3纳米复合材料的合成及其红外发射率

以嵌段共聚物F127(PEO106PPO70PEO106, MW=12600)为模板剂, 异丙醇铝为铝源, 低分子量的酚醛树脂为碳源, 通过溶胶-凝胶三元共组装法合成了C-Al2O3纳米复合材料. 用X射线衍射(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)及N2吸脱附法对该复合材料进行结构与性能表征, 结果显示复合材料MC5A5具有较好的有序介孔结构, 其比表面积可达175 m2·g-1, 孔容0.22 cm3·g-1. 又以三元乙丙橡胶(EPDM)为粘结剂, 与介孔纳米复合材料混合制备涂层. 随着复合材料中Al2O3质量分数从30%增加到70%, 该涂层的红外发射率从0.575降至0.456, 表明Al2O3能有效降低复合材料的红外发射率, 预示该复合材料在军事装备隐身需求领域将具有较好的应用前景.     

高效液相色谱法测定水性酚醛树脂中残留的甲醛和苯酚

采用高效液相色谱法同时测定了水性酚醛树脂粘稠液体中残留的甲醛和苯酚,用2,4-二硝基苯肼对甲醛进行衍生化,然后进行色谱分离。色谱柱:Waters Symmetry C18 (5 μm,4.6 mm × 250 mm);柱温:30 ℃;流动相:甲醇-水(体积比为43∶57);检测波长:苯酚270 nm,甲醛360 nm;运行时间:45 min;流速:0.8 mL/min。方法的相对标准偏差小于5%,检测限小于1 μg/L,加标回收率为96%~105%。使用该分析方法可对该类树脂的质量性能进行有效监控。