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Porous SiOC beads by freeze-drying polycarbosilane emulsions
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Porous SiOC beads by freeze-drying polycarbosilane emulsions |
| Names |
Hwang, Yeon
(creator) Riu, Doh-Hyung (creator) Kim, Ki-Joong (creator) Chang, Chih-Hung (creator) |
| Date Issued | 2014-09-15 (iso8601) |
| Note | This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Elsevier and can be found at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/materials-letters/ |
| Abstract | Porous silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) beads were prepared by freeze-drying of water-in-oil (w/o) emulsion, containing water and polycarbosilane (PCS) dissolved p-xylene in the presence of sodium xylenesulfonate (SXS) as an emulsifier. The emulsion was frozen by being dropped onto a liquid N₂ bath, which resulted in 1~2 mm sized beads. After curing at 200°C for 1 h in air and subsequent pyrolysis at 800°C for 1 h in an Ar gas flow, porous SiOC beads were obtained. Freeze-dried beads showed lamellae-shaped macro-pore structures at a moderate freezing rate due to a phase separation behavior of PCS during freezing, while no lamellae pores were formed at a very high freezing rate. Lamellae-shaped pores developed along the freezing direction. Water droplets that were formed in w/o emulsion converted to spherical pores after drying. The combined processes of producing PCS emulsion and freeze-drying of emulsion resulted in two types of macro-pores: lamellae-shaped and spherical pores. Meso-pores, of which specific surface area and average pore size were 71.5 m² g⁻¹ and 4.85 nm, respectively, were formed inside the SiOC strut. |
| Genre | Article |
| Topic | Porous SiOC bead |
| Identifier | Hwang, Y., Riu, D. H., Kim, K. J., & Chang, C. H. (2014). Porous SiOC beads by freeze-drying polycarbosilane emulsions. Materials Letters, 131, 174-177. doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2014.05.194 |
