Amorphous silica-based organoamine-functionalized hybrid materials were designed through polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) route, in order to selectively transport CO 2 . Silicon-based perhydropolysilazane (PHPS) polymer was chemically modified with an alkylamino silane derivative, and subsequently oxidized in air at room temperature to afford organoamine-functionalized silica. The effect of the organoamine functionalization in the powdered sample as well as for the membrane is discussed with regard to the pure PHPS-derived amorphous silica.
Alkoxy group-functionalized amorphous silica-based inorganic organic hybrid materials were designed through polymer precursor route, in order to develop a novel route for the fabrication of microporous amorphous silica-based materials. Commercial perhydropolysilazane (PHPS) was chemically modified with alcohols (R-OH, R = n-C 5 H 11 OH, n-C 10 H 21 OH) at a PHPS (Si basis) to ROH molar ratio of 4/1, and subsequently oxidized to afford alkoxy group-functionalized amorphous silica by exposure to aqueous ammonia vapours at room temperature. Then, the oxidized materials were heat-treated at 600°C in air. Nitrogen sorption analysis revealed that micropore volume of the amorphous silica increased upon alkoxy group-functionalization prior to the heat treatment. As a result, higher micropore volume of 0.204 cm 3 /g was achieved, with a specific surface area of 387 m 2 /g for the PHPS-derived amorphous silica chemically modified with n-C 10 H 21 OH at the Si/n-C 10 H 21 OH molar ratio of 2/1. The micropores evaluated by the SF method were in the size range of 0.43 to 1.6 nm, and the resulting micropore size distribution plot exhibited a peak at 0.43 nm. The in-situ formation of the microporosity was further studied by the simultaneous thermogravimetry-mass spectrometry analysis. The relationship between the number of carbon atoms in the alkoxy group, the evolution of gaseous species during the heat treatment and the resulting microporosity is discussed.
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