Srisuda Sae-ung. Synthesis of Adsorbent Materials by Sol-Gel Method for the Adsorption of Formaldehyde. Doctoral Degree(Environmental Technology). King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. KMUTT Library.. : King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 2007.
Synthesis of Adsorbent Materials by Sol-Gel Method for the Adsorption of Formaldehyde
Abstract:
Organic-inorganic hybrid mesoporous materials were tailored through the cocondensation
reaction of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and three types of organoalkoxysilanes: 3aminopropyl-
trimethoxysilane (APTMS). n-(2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane
(AEAP) and 3-[2-(2-aminoethylamino) ethylamino] propyl-trimethoxysilane (AEEA) in the
first part of experiment. Pores of hybrid materials were generated by adding pore-forming
agent, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), to the mixture during synthesis step.
Template was subsequently removed from silica matrix by using HCllEtOH extraction
method. The effect of type of organoalkoxysilane precursor and H20/precursors ratio on the
characteristics and adsorptive capacities of the derived materials were investigated. The
samples were characterized by using the following techniques: surface area and pore size
analyzer, Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA),
Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy, and 29Si CPIMAS NuClear Magnetic
Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy. The solid-state NMR and FTIR demonstrated the
incorporation of amine functional groups on pore wall of the amine-functionalized materials.
In addition, FTIR spectra indicated that the amine sites on pore surface reacted with
formaldehyde molecule during adsorption and showed that surfactant template can be
removed from silica matrix by using extraction method. Furthermore, the adsorption data of
formaldehyde was fitted to Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isotherm. The adsorption results
of the first experiment indicated that hybrid mesoporous materials functionalized with AEAP
and using H20/precursors ratio of 80 exhibited the highest adsorptive capa<;ity among all
samples. AEAP was subsequently selected for synthesize the adsorbents in the later
experiment by using the same method. The amount of amine precursor was varied in a range
of 0-50 mol% to study the effect of amount of amine precursor on the characteristics of
adsorbents. BET surface area results showed the effect of AEAP loading. The excess AEAP
added in the initial mixture at high amount of AEAP inhibit the co-condensation between
ifEOS and AEAP, resulting in the homo-condensation of TEOS. The adsorbents with low
surface area and amine active sites on pore surface were obtained. Sample derived from 85
mol% ofTEOS and 15 mol% of AEAP showed the highest adsorptive capacity.
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