2008 Spring Meeting & 4th Global Congress on Process Safety
(228f) In Situ Synthesis and Characterization of Bimetallic Mesoporous Silica and Its Applications
Authors
Kuila, D. - Presenter, North Carolina A&T State University
Tatineni, B. - Presenter, North Carolina A&T State University
Perkins, J. - Presenter, North Carolina A&T State University
Yarmolenko, S. - Presenter, North Carolina A&T State University
Xu, Z. - Presenter, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Ilias, S. - Presenter, NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY
Bimetallic nanoparticles of Pd-Co / Pd-Ni in MCM type mesoporous silica have been synthesized by hydro-thermal procedure using Pd(NO3)2, CoCl2, Ni(NO3)2, cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB), tetramethoxysilane (TMOS), ammonia and water. These materials have been characterized using XRD, TEM, FT-IR, and BET techniques. The metal oxides in the mesoporous silica were reduced using 4% hydrogen to yield an alloy (Manuscript in preparation). The details of our ongoing characterization and catalytic studies will be presented.