Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 817.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20150970

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Synthesis of Al2O3 Nanofibers with Ionic Liquids as Both the Template and Aluminum Source

LIU Tuanchun, TANG Shaokun*(), JI Xiaowei, HAN Pei   

  1. Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering(Tianjin), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2015-12-21 Online:2016-05-10 Published:2016-04-18
  • Contact: TANG Shaokun E-mail:shktang@tju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21328601, 21206118) and the Petro China Innovation Foundation(No.2013D-5006-O402)

Abstract:

Al2O3 nanofibers were synthesized with aluminum chloride acid type ionic liquids xAlCl3-[C10mim]Cl([C10mim]Cl is 1-decyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, x is the molar fraction of AlCl3 in the ionic liquid) as both the template and aluminum source via sol-gel method. The effects of the molar fraction of aluminum chloride acid and calcination temperature on the alumina morphology were mainly studied. The obtained products were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction(XRD), transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and N2 adsorption-desorption. The results suggested that xAlCl3-[C10mim]Cl could act as not only the aluminum sources but also the template to control the alumina morphology. When the molar fraction of aluminum chloride acid was 0.5, Al2O3 nanofibers could be synthesized with the diameter of 2 nm, the length of about 200 nm, the surface area of 238.38 m2/g, the pore volume of 0.54 cm3/g and the mean pore diameter of 8.43 nm. The Al2O3 nanofibers could maintain the fiber morphology and γ-Al2O3 crystalline phase even under 900 ℃, indicating that the Al2O3 nanofibers had relatively high thermal stability. Furthermore, the hydrogen bond-co-π-π stack mechanism was proposed to explain the formation of Al2O3 nanofibers.

Key words: Ionic liquid, Template, Aluminum source, Alumina, Nanofiber

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