Abstract
Silicate-1 monolith was facilely synthesized in the precursor solution by combining sol–gel method and hydrothermal method. Characterization by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscope revealed that silicate-1 particles were formed by transforming amorphous SiO2 into MFI-type structure and inlayed into the three-dimensional network of silica to form the monolith. Then, silicate-1 monolith was used as support to load TiO2 by dip-coating method. TiO2 nanoparticles were well dispersed in silicate-1 monolith. The photocatalytic properties of all samples were evaluated based on the degradation efficiency of Rhodamine B. And a scheme regarding photodegradation enhancement induced by dye enrichments has been proposed to illustrate the adsorption-photodegradation process.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
P. Cosoli, M. Ferrone, S. Pricl, M. Fermeglia, Chem. Eng. J. 145, 86–92 (2008)
M.E. Davis, Nature 417, 813–821 (2002)
V.V. Panic, S.J. Velickovic, Sep. Purif. Technol. 122, 384–394 (2014)
G. Wu, Y. Gao, F.W. Ma, H. Zheng, L.G. Liu, H.Y. Sun, W. Wu, Chem. Eng. J. 271, 14–22 (2015)
C. Zhao, Y. Zhou, D. Ridder, J. Zhai, Y.M. Wei, H.P. Deng, Chem. Eng. J. 248, 280–289 (2014)
J.G. Martínez, M. Johnson, J. Valla, K. Li, J.Y. Ying, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2, 987–994 (2012)
A. Ghorbanpour, J.D. Rimer, L.C. Grabow, ACS Catal. 6, 2287–2298 (2016)
P. Sánchez, F. Dorado, A. Fúnez, V. Jiménez, M.J. Ramos, J.L. Valverde, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 273, 109–113 (2007)
K. Shams, S.J. Mirmohammadi, Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 106, 268–277 (2007)
G. Chandrasekar, M. Hartmann, V. Murugesan, J. Porous Mat. 16, 175–183 (2009)
P. Topka, J. Karban, K. Soukup, K. Jirátová, O. Šolcová, Chem. Eng. J. 168, 433–440 (2011)
L. Itani, V. Valtchev, J. Patarin, S. Rigolet, F. Gao, G. Baudin, Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 138, 157–166 (2011)
P. Vasiliev, F. Akhtar, J. Grins, J. Mouzon, C. Andersson, J. Hedlund, L. Bergsröm, Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2, 732–737 (2010)
F. Akhtar, A. Ojuva, S.K. Wirawan, J. Hedlund, L. Bergström, J. Mater. Chem. 21, 8822–8828 (2011)
F. Akhtar, Q.L. Liu, N. Hedin, L. Bergström, Energ. Environ Sci. 5, 7664–7767 (2012)
F. Akhtar, L. Bergström, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 94, 92–98 (2011)
A. Nakahira, S. Takezoe, Y. Yamasaki, Y. Sasaki, Y. Ikuhara, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 90, 2322–2326 (2007)
F. Akhtar, Q.L. Liu, N. Hedin, L. Bergström, Energ. Environ. Sci. 5, 7664–7673 (2012)
B. Singh, A.K. Sinha, J. Mater. Chem. A 2, 1930–1939 (2014)
C.Y. Dai, A.F. Zhang, J.J. Li, K.K. Hou, M. Liu, C.S. Song, X.W. Guo, Chem. Commun. 50, 4846–4848 (2014)
B.S. Li, J.Q. Xu, X. Li, J.J. Liu, S.L. Zuo, Z.Y. Pan, Z.Y. Wu, Mater. Res. Bull. 47, 1142–1148 (2012)
C.A. Morris, M.L. Anderson, R.M. Stroud, C.I. Merzbacher, D.R. Rolison, Science 284, 622–624 (1999)
R. Mechiakh, N.B. Sedrine, R. Chtourou, R. Bensaha, Appl. Surf. Sci. 257, 670–676 (2010)
Q. Zhao, P. Li, D.Q. Li, X.G. Zhou, W.K. Yuan, X.J. Hu, Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 108, 311–317 (2008)
B. Singh, A.K. Sinha, J. Mater. Chem. A. 2, 1930–1939 (2014)
C.S. Chou, F.C. Chou, J.Y. Kang, Powder Technol. 215–216, 38–45 (2012)
M.M. Rashad, A.E. Shalan, M.L. Cantú, M.S.A. Abdel-Mottaleb, Appl. Nanosci. 3, 167–174 (2013)
W.G. Su, J. Zhang, Z.C. Feng, T. Chen, P.L. Ying, C. Li, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 7710–7716 (2008)
Y.Q. Jing, Y.C. Wang, Y.Z. Gao, H.Q. Li, Y.Y. Cheng, P. Lu, Y.H. Zhang, C. Ma, RSC Adv. 6, 42495–42510 (2016)
Acknowledgements
The authors grateful acknowledge financial supported by the Scientific Technological Innovation Platform of Fujian Province (2006L2003).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10934-016-0344-3.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Yang, X., Huang, L., Du, G. et al. Synthesis of silicate-1 monolith and its catalytic application. J Porous Mater 24, 881–886 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-016-0327-4
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-016-0327-4