Mechanical Characterization of Hierarchical Structured Porous Silica by in Situ Dilatometry Measurements during Gas Adsorption
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T1 - Mechanical Characterization of Hierarchical Structured Porous Silica by in Situ Dilatometry Measurements during Gas Adsorption
AU - Balzer, Christian
AU - Waag, Anna M.
AU - Putz, Florian
AU - Huesing, Nicola
AU - Paris, Oskar
AU - Gor, Gennady Y.
AU - Neimark, Alexander, V
AU - Reichenauer, Gudrun
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2019/2/26
Y1 - 2019/2/26
N2 - Mechanical properties of hierarchically structured nanoporous materials are determined by the solid phase stiffness and the pore network morphology. We analyze the mechanical stiffness of hierarchically structured silica monoliths synthesized via a sol-gel process, which possess a macroporous scaffold built of interconnected struts with hexagonally ordered cylindrical mesopores. We consider samples with and without microporosity within the mesopore walls and analyze them on the macroscopic level as well as on the microscopic level of the mesopores. Untreated as-prepared samples still containing some organic components and the respective calcined and sintered counterparts of varying microporosity are investigated. To determine Young's moduli on the level of the macroscopic monoliths, we apply ultrasonic run time measurements, while Young's moduli of the mesopore walls are obtained by analysis of the in situ strain isotherms during N 2 adsorption at 77 K. For the latter, we extended our previously reported theoretical approach for this type of materials by incorporating the micropore effects, which are clearly not negligible in the calcined and most of the sintered samples. The comparison of the macro- and microscopic Young's moduli reveals that both properties follow essentially the same trends, that is, calcination and sintering increase the mechanical stiffness on both levels. Consequently, stiffening of the monolithic samples can be primarily attributed to stiffening of the backbone material which is consistent with the fact that the morphology on the mesopore level is mainly preserved with the post-treatments applied.
AB - Mechanical properties of hierarchically structured nanoporous materials are determined by the solid phase stiffness and the pore network morphology. We analyze the mechanical stiffness of hierarchically structured silica monoliths synthesized via a sol-gel process, which possess a macroporous scaffold built of interconnected struts with hexagonally ordered cylindrical mesopores. We consider samples with and without microporosity within the mesopore walls and analyze them on the macroscopic level as well as on the microscopic level of the mesopores. Untreated as-prepared samples still containing some organic components and the respective calcined and sintered counterparts of varying microporosity are investigated. To determine Young's moduli on the level of the macroscopic monoliths, we apply ultrasonic run time measurements, while Young's moduli of the mesopore walls are obtained by analysis of the in situ strain isotherms during N 2 adsorption at 77 K. For the latter, we extended our previously reported theoretical approach for this type of materials by incorporating the micropore effects, which are clearly not negligible in the calcined and most of the sintered samples. The comparison of the macro- and microscopic Young's moduli reveals that both properties follow essentially the same trends, that is, calcination and sintering increase the mechanical stiffness on both levels. Consequently, stiffening of the monolithic samples can be primarily attributed to stiffening of the backbone material which is consistent with the fact that the morphology on the mesopore level is mainly preserved with the post-treatments applied.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03242
DO - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03242
M3 - Article
VL - 35.2019
SP - 2948
EP - 2956
JO - Langmuir
JF - Langmuir
SN - 0743-7463
IS - 8
ER -