Stabilization of quercetin-functionalized silica gel against hydrolysis by blocking silanol groups with TiO2 or ZrO2 and its application for the removal of Hg(II)

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology - Tập 57 - Trang 57-67 - 2010
Khaled S. Abou-El-Sherbini1,2, Detlef Schiel3, Rainer Stosch3, Peter Weidler4, Wolfgang H. Höll4
1Department of Inorganic Chemistry, National Research Centre, Dokki, Egypt
2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Arts of Sharurah, Najran University, Sharurah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3Anorganische Analytik, Braunschweig, Germany
4Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (former ITC-WGT), Karlsruhe, Germany

Tóm tắt

Free silanol groups of silica-gel functionalized with quercetin (QSG) were blocked with TiO2 or ZrO2 to produce TiO2-QSG and ZrO2-QSG, respectively. The silica materials were characterized by infrared, Raman spectra, thermogravimetric, elemental analyses, magic angle spinning 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance, BET specific surface area measurements and inductively coupled plasma—optical emission spectrometry-monitored silica hydrolysis. Siloxane groups are reinforced in the blocked QSG samples without affecting the hydrophilic nature or the porosity of silica. Quercetin is unaffected by the titania layer in contrary to zirconia. Also, the stability of silica against hydrolysis in TiO2-QSG and ZrO2-QSG was remarkably improved in the range of pH 3.5–9.1, attributed to the interruption of the intramolecular interaction of silanol groups with the amino groups. The hydrolyzed silica of TiO2-QSG and ZrO2-QSG decreased to 46.6 and 18.5%, of that of QSG and to 7.6 and 3.1%, of that of 3-aminopropylsilica gel at pH 9.1, respectively. TiO2-QSG was applied for the extraction of Hg(II) with separation efficiency of 99.0 ± 0.6% at pH 8.5. The capacity loss of TiO2-QSG per recovery cycle of Hg(II) was lowered in comparison with the uncovered material. It was successfully applied for the recovery of Hg(II) from spiked water and referenced samples.

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