In situ Formed Fan-Shaped Nanowires in Biomorphic SiO2: A Multidimensional Composite of Hierarchical Porous Material and Organic Pollutant Adsorption Behavior
刊物主题:Metallic Materials; Spectroscopy/Spectrometry; Organometallic Chemistry; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings; Nanotechnology; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials;
出版者:The Chinese Society for Metals
ISSN:2194-1289
卷排序:30
文摘
Fan-shaped SiO2 nanowires modified SiO2@C composites with a bio-inspired hierarchical porous structure and a high accessible surface area were prepared by in situ molten salt template method. The combination of biogenic hierarchical porous structure and one-dimensional nanostructure with similar features was successfully obtained by one-pot heat treatment in the presence of rice husk SiO2 with SiO2 acting as precursor and ZnCl2 acting as molten salt and growth template. A large amount of fan-shaped SiO2 nanowires with numerous tiny branches sprouting from the central nanowires were grown in the inter-porous epidermis and on the surface of rice husk SiO2 for temperatures up to 1200 °C. The in situ ZnCl2 molten salt template base-growth mechanism is responsible for the initial formation of SiO2/ZnCl2 co-melting nanowires and the subsequent growth of fan-shaped SiO2 nanowires. The as-prepared samples have been successfully employed as organic absorbers with high efficiency in the field of wastewater treatment.