Pore structure and surface area of silica SBA-15: influence of washing and scale-up

• Jörg P. Thielemann,
• Frank Girgsdies,
• Robert Schlögl and
• Christian Hess

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 110–118, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.13

• more effective in removing the template from the SBA-15 framework, although the Pluronic 123 cannot be removed completely from the SBA-15 by washing, as shown by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) [22]. Also the more effective template removal by ethanol is connected with shrinkage of the SBA-15