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Importance of the polarity on nanostructured silica materials to optimize the hydrolytic condensation with molecules related to CO2 adsorption

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The present work reports the changes for the mesoporous materials SBA-15 and KIT-6 associated with the structural, textural, and chemical properties when they are subjected to thermo-alkaline treatment. Despite the fact that the silica supports have not a strong affinity for CO2 adsorption, the adsorption enthalpy profiles (ΔHads) reported that the substrates subjected to the thermo-alkaline treatment (S15H and K6H) have a greater energetic affinity towards CO2 capture if compared to the precursory solids (S15 and K6). The ΔHads is − 26.7 kJ mol−1 at 0.15 mmol g−1 by supported S15H and K6H while the ΔHads is − 20. 7 kJ mol−1 and − 18.7 kJ mol−1 by K6 and S15, respectively, at the same CO2 coverage. Furthermore, the CO2 adsorption performances by the hydrolytic condensation between silica supports and the N´- (3-trimethoxysilylpropyl)diethylenetriamine (NAEPTES) or 3-aminopropiltriethoxysilane (APTES) are presented and it can be seen that the best performer for CO2 adsorption is reported for the S15HN since it is able to absorb 0.93 mmol at 0.15 atm at 318 K. Thereby, the outcomes show that the effects of porous curvature and the magnitude of the amine species are parameters to be considered, as well as the thermo-alkaline treatment, in order to improve the subsequent surface reactions on silica supports. The materials were characterized by XRD, TEM, and N2 adsorption at 77 K, NIR, and pyridine thermodesorption using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR-Py), NMR for 29Si and 13C, DSC, and CO2 adsorption.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge Dr. Federico Gonzalez García of the DRX laboratory (INFR-2011-1-163250), Dra. Gloria del Angel Montes (FTIR-Py), Ing. Patricia Castillo (SEM/TEM), and M.C. Marco A. Vera (RMN).

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This research was funded by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) and the projects “Physical Chemistry of Surfaces” (UAM-I CA-031) and the Academic Network “Nanoscopic and Textural Design of Advanced Materials.” OMJ thanks CONACyT for the support with the scholarship (442345).

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  1. Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, CDMX, Iztapalapa, 09310, México

    Obdulia Medina-Juárez, Israel Rangel-Vázquez, Reyna Ojeda-López, Miguel Ángel García-Sánchez & Fernando Rojas-González

  2. Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade Federal Do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, 60455-760, Brazil

    Reyna Ojeda-López

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O.M-J.: writing – original draft, methodology, investigation, and formal analysis. I.R-V. and R.O-L: formal analysis and investigation. M.A.S-G. and F.R-G.: supervision, writing – review and editing, and resources.

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Medina-Juárez, O., Rangel-Vázquez, I., Ojeda-López, R. et al. Importance of the polarity on nanostructured silica materials to optimize the hydrolytic condensation with molecules related to CO2 adsorption. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 58472–58483 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-21540-z

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