“… 9 − 12 In this sense, production optimization and lower cost techniques have been explored, including use of alternative silicon sources such as rice husk 13 , 14 or coal fly ash 15 and washing methods with environmentally friendly solvents to remove the template. 12 Additionally, the ability of SBA-15 to host a large series of functional groups by methods of cocondensation, isomorphic replacement, or grafting leads it to be a promising porous solid 10 that opens a tremendously valuable possibility of developing solids with very specific characteristics, for industrial applications related to adsorption processes 16 , 17 and membrane separation, 18 , 19 in pharmaceutical applications like drug delivery, 20 , 21 biosensing, 22 , 23 and for catalysis. 24 , 25 …”