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Use of Epoxides in the Sol−Gel Synthesis of Porous Iron(III) Oxide Monoliths from Fe(III) Salts
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Iron oxide-based porous solids were prepared by a sol−gel process using Fe(III) salts in various solvents. It was observed that the addition of propylene oxide to Fe(III) solutions resulted in the formation of transparent red-brown monolithic gels. The resulting gels were converted to either xerogels by atmospheric drying or aerogels by supercritical extraction with CO2(l). Some of the dried materials were characterized by nitrogen adsorption and desorption analysis and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results of those analyses indicate that the materials have high surface areas (
300−400 m2/g), pore sizes with mesoporic dimensions (2−23 nm), and a microstructure made up of 5−10 nm diameter clusters of iron(III) oxide. The dependence of both gel formation and its rate was studied by varying the epoxide/Fe(III) ratio, the Fe(III) precursor salt, amount of water (H2O/Fe(III)) present, and the solvent employed. All of these variables were shown to affect the rate of gel formation and provide a convenient control of this parameter. Finally, an investigation of the mechanism of Fe2O3 gel formation was performed. Both pH and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies suggest that the added epoxide acts as an irreversible proton scavenger that induces the Fe(III) species to undergo hydrolysis and condensation to form an inorganic iron oxide framework. This method can be extended to prepare other transition- and main-group metal oxide materials.
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- Published In Issue March 19, 2001
- Received September 21, 2000
Revised Manuscript Received December 29, 2000
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