Modified Mesoporous Silica for Efficient Siloxane Capture

Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids
Tahereh JafariSteven L Suib

Abstract

In this study, octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) was removed by using a novel modified solid adsorbent of mesoporous silica. The adsorbent was synthesized using inverse micelles with some modifications in the synthesis process (temperature of gelation) and in the post treatment conditions (calcination temperature and heating rate) with a concomitant improvement of D4 uptake. This is the first report on regulating the textural properties of the mesoporous silica material UCT-14 to develop an active silica adsorbent. These adjustments resulted in an increase of the silica surface area from 391 to 798 m(2).g(-1), which leads to a high capacity (686 mg.g(-1)) of D4-capture for the silica synthesized at 80(o)C, calcined at 450(o)C with the heating rate of 100(o)C.min(-1)(Si-Syn80). This adsorbent showed comparable adsorption performance with the widely used commercial silica gel under dry and humid condition. Recyclability tests on the commercial silica gel and mesoporous silica synthesized at 120(o)C and calcined at 450(o)C with a heating rate of 100(o)C.min(-1) (called Si-Syn120 or Si450 or Si-100(o)C.min(-1)) indicated that the Si-Syn120 (capacity drop 10%) is more efficient than silica gel (capacity drop 15%) after three cycles....Continue Reading

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