Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2000, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (1): 95.

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Textural Characterization of SiO2-PEG Xerogels

SUN Ji-Hong, GONG Yan-Jun, FAN Wen-Hao, WU Dong, SUN Yu-Han   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Shanxi Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China
  • Received:1998-11-27 Online:2000-01-24 Published:2000-01-24

Abstract: The porous SiO2 xerogels with controlled structure were obtained from TEOS in the presence of PEG by sol-gel method. The results showed that PEG restrained the hydrolysis reaction of TEOS, and then modified the surface of sol particle to form the PEG-clusters (i.e. the ring-like networks in short order). As a result, the addition of PEG could adjust the texture properties of SiO2 xerogels. It has been found that the SiO2 xerogel has a stronger flexible skeleton, narrower pore distribution, and higher thermal stability with the removal of the residue organic(such as PEG and so on) by vacuum heat-treatment.

Key words: SiO2-PEG, Pore distribution, Controlled structure, Sol-Gel

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