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Aluminum-containing hexagonally ordered mesoporous silica (Al-MCM-41) with specific surface area of 509.4 m2/g was first synthesized using natural halloysite as source material by hydrothermal treatment, without addition of silica or aluminum regents. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, N2 adsorption–desorption measurements, and Fourier transform infrared spectra techniques. The results indicate that process parameters, including calcination temperature, pH value, n(SiO2)/n(CTAB)/n(H2O) ratio, and hydrothermal reaction time, show moderate effects on the preparation of Al-MCM-41. SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio could be effectively modulated by the calcination temperature for halloysite. Furthermore, we first clarified the structural evolution from natural halloysite to mesoporous material Al-MCM-41 at the atomic level.
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This work was supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (51225403), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20120162110079), and Hunan Provincial Natural Science Fund for Innovative Research Groups.
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Xie, Y., Zhang, Y., Ouyang, J. et al. Mesoporous material Al-MCM-41 from natural halloysite. Phys Chem Minerals 41, 497–503 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-014-0660-6
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