Papers by Keyword: Tetramethylammonium

Abstract: Nano-structured mesoporous silica with highly ordered 2D hexagonal topology has been synthesized using novel surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium tosylate (CTATos) as template via directly hydrothermal treatment at high temperature of 175 °C and varied crystallization time. The maximum pore wall thickness is up to 2.2 nm calculated by BdB method from desorption branch. The enlargement of pore wall thickness and unit-lattice of currently synthesized MCM-41 silica is attributed to the migration and subsequent deposition of the silicate species in the inner pore channel.

Abstract: This work compared properties and catalytic performance of two hybrid photocatalysts, TiO2/RH-MCM-41 and TiO2/TEOS-MCM-41 prepared by loading nanoparticles of TiO2 (10 wt.%) on MCM-41 synthesized with rice husk silica and tetraethyl orthosilicate respectively. The supports and catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption-desorption, transmission electron microscopy and zeta potential. The photocatalytic activities of the TiO2/RH-MCM-41 and TiO2/TEOS-MCM-41 for the degradation of tetramethylammonium (TMA) in aqueous slurry were similar with a complete conversion after irradiation time of 90 min at pH 7.