Preparation of P₂O₅-SiO₂ hollow microspheres in the presence of phosphoric acid

Abstract

Silica hollow microspheres containing phosphorous have been prepared by a sol-gel/emulsion method which uses tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) as the precursor for the SiO₂ and phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄) as the precursor for P₂O₅. The hollow structure forms an emulsion system which is composed of an oil phase (kerosene, sorbitan monooleate (Span 80)) and an aqueous phase (a viscous sol solution of ethanol, TEOS and H₃PO₄). Some of the phosphorous remains in the final silica shell structure even after calcination at 650°C. The hollow structure of the P₂O₅-SiO₂ (silicophosphate) was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), polarized optical microscopy (POM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), nitrogen adsorption measurement and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).

Keywords

P₂O₅-SiO₂ / hollow microspheres / sol-gel/emulsion / phosphoric acid

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Graduate Creativity Fund from the China University of Petroleum, Special Plan of Science and Technology of Dongying (T1104002), and the Open project from the State Key Laboratory of Fiber Modification (SKLFM) at Donghua University (LK0905 and LK0910).

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