Effect of calcination parameters on structural properties of Ti-MCM-41 materials synthesized at room temperature

Abstract

In this work is presented a study of the effect of calcination parameters namely, heating rate, calcination temperature, total calcination time and time at final temperature, on pore structural properties of Ti-MCM-41 materials. The materials were prepared by direct synthesis at ambient temperature and pressure, using tetraethoxysilane, titanium alcoxides, cationic surfactants and ammonia, as previously described and were characterised by X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption at 77K and DR UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy. The Si/Ti values of the final calcined materials were determined by AA (Si) and ICP (Ti).