Silica Foams with Ultra-Large Specific Surface Area Structured by Hollow Mesoporous Silica Spheres
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Abstract Ceramic foams with multi‐scale pores and large specific surface area have received extensive attention due to their unique structure and superior properties. Considering that there are still challenges to synthesize porous ceramics with large specific surface area, a novel ceramic foam material with ultra‐large specific surface area has been prepared using hollow silica mesoporous spheres ( HMSS s) as building block in this work. These building blocks were made weakly hydrophobic in order to produce HMSS particle stabilized foams. The foams exhibit a uniform primary macropore structure, which is composed of a three dimensional HMSS ‐assembled network, via HMSS ‐stabilized foams. The influence of sintering temperature on the microstructure and properties of HMSS foams is investigated. The HMSS foams exhibit highest specific surface area of 1733 m 2 /g, attributed to the radial mesopores in HMSS shell, when sintered at between 500°C and 800°C. This specific surface area is much higher than that of existing ceramic materials. The uniform pore structure and ultra‐large specific surface area make it a promising lightweight material in potential application fields, including catalyst, adsorption, fire‐resistant thermal insulation, and load and control release system.
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Silica foams have ultra-large specific area (1344.23-1733.28 m2/g), with a structure of hollow mesoporous silica spheres.
“Hou W.-L. et al. reported the synthesis of silica foams having an ultra-large specific area (1344.23–1733.28 m2/g), with a structure of hollow mesoporous silica spheres.”
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From SEM, the cell wall of the hollow sphere was 200-600 nm, showing apparent open pores.
“From SEM, it was observed that the cell wall of the hollow sphere was 200–600 nm in range, showing apparent open pores [91].”
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- Authors
- Huo, W., Zhang, X., Hu, Z., Chen, Y., Wang, Y., & Yang, J.
- Affiliations
- State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine Processing School of Materials Science and Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Yang, Jinlong
- Venue
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-11
- Volume
- 102
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 955-961
- ISSN
- 0002-7820 (ISSN-L)
- 1551-2916
- OpenAlex
- W2893659844
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 1.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2017M610085, 2017T100550, 2018M630154)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51572140, 51702184)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Ceramics and Composites › Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Aerogels and thermal insulation
- Keywords
- silica foam, hollow mesoporous silica spheres, specific surface area, ceramic foams, particle-stabilized foams, sintering temperature, pore structure, lightweight materials, catalyst supports, thermal insulation
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