Background technology
SiC is the covalent linkage compound consisting of carbon and silicon, has similar adamantine tetrahedral structural unit, thereby has extraordinary chemical stability, high physical strength and hardness, and good heat-conductivity conducting performance.Compare with traditional aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, activated carbon catalyst solid support material, SiC obviously has advantages of following aspect as catalyst support material: the heat-conductivity conducting performance that (1) is good, is conducive to the heat transmission of catalyzer in reaction process and the electronics transmission between catalyst activity component and carrier; (2) chemical stability is good, is difficult for producing and interacting with active ingredient, is conducive to keep the stable of catalyst structure; (3) high physical strength and hardness, be conducive to improve intensity and the abrasion resistance properties of catalyzer, extending catalyst life-span.Based on above-mentioned advantage, SiC, as support of the catalyst, has been successfully applied in the middle of some important chemical reactions.Yet, in more than 100 year history of heterogeneous catalysis technology development, but seldom see that SiC is at the figure of industrial applications.Tracing it to its cause, is because its specific surface area of SiC that commercial methods is produced is difficult to meet the requirement of catalyst support material.Therefore, the exploitation of high-specific surface area silicon carbide has caused investigator's attention, and relevant research is increasing.
In recent years, the development of nanotechnology, a frontier of having opened up specific area SiC.Nano SiC not only can increase substantially its specific surface area, and rise, has more the even irreplaceable performance of some brilliance, demonstrates unusual effect in some chemical reactions, becomes a kind of support of the catalyst that has much potentiality.Especially the SiC of Nano microsphere structure is with its unique character, as single dispersion, stability, Modulatory character, be self-assembled into as the research field becoming more and more important in Materials science forward position in recent years.Kun Wang etc. are at Synthesis of nanostructured silicon carbide spheres from mesoporous C-SiO
2nanocomposites[Chem.Commun., 2010,46,303 – 305] in using tetraethoxy and furfuryl alcohol respectively as silicon source and carbon source, first synthetic C-SiO
2meso-porous nano matrix material, then obtain SiC microballoon through 1350 ℃ of carbothermic reduction reactions.Yet the method is at synthetic C-SiO
2in compound system, need to add triblock copolymer P123, simultaneously synthetic C-SiO
2presoma also needs through the calcination process of 550 ℃ under condition of nitrogen gas.The method preparation process more complicated, C-SiO
2c/Si mol ratio in compound system is difficult to control.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method of preparing high-specific surface area SiC Nano microsphere, it is simple to operate, and favorable repeatability is conducive to suitability for industrialized production.
For achieving the above object, the present invention adopts following technical scheme:
The present invention includes following steps: comprise the following steps:
1) by carbosphere and silicon dioxide microsphere (1:1)~(2:1) mix in mass ratio, obtain mixed powder; Wherein carbosphere particle diameter is 200~400nm, with the particle diameter of silicon dioxide microsphere be 100~200nm;
2) mixed powder is put into vacuum sintering furnace, to after vacuum sintering stove evacuation, pass into argon gas, and under argon shield when room temperature is warming up to 1200 ℃ by vacuum sintering stove evacuation, then continue to be warming up to 1300 ℃~1500 ℃, sintering at 1300 ℃~1500 ℃, then be naturally cooled to room temperature, obtain product;
3) product is calcined at 400-600 ℃, naturally cooled to room temperature, obtain high-specific surface area SiC Nano microsphere.
Described step 2) in, mixed powder is put into vacuum sintering stokehold, first mixed powder is put into corundum crucible, and keep mixed powder natural packing, mixed powder piling height is controlled in 10mm.
Described step 2) in, the time of reaction is 30~90min.
In described step 3), calcining is carried out in retort furnace.
The time of calcining in described step 3) is 1-2 hour.
The present invention has following beneficial effect: the present invention is with carbosphere, SiO
2microballoon is raw material, using the carbosphere as carbon source with as the SiO in silicon source
2microballoon, after mixing, inserts reaction sintering in vacuum sintering furnace, the product after sintering is being calcined in air to the residual carbon of removal, obtains the SiC Nano microsphere of high-specific surface area.The present invention is simple to operate, with low cost, and favorable repeatability is conducive to suitability for industrialized production.The epigranular of the prepared SiC Nano microsphere of the present invention, purity is high, and diameter is 200~500nm, and specific surface area can reach 25~60m
2/ g.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, by embodiment, the present invention is elaborated.
In the present invention, carbosphere is according to method preparation described in patent 201210235639.9, and silicon dioxide microsphere is according to method preparation described in patent 201210235695.2.
Embodiment 1
1) by carbosphere, be that 2:1 mixes under mechanical stirring with silicon dioxide microsphere according to mass ratio, obtain mixed powder, wherein carbosphere particle diameter is 200~400nm, SiO
2the particle diameter of microballoon is 100~200nm.
2) mixed powder is placed in corundum crucible, and keeps mixed powder natural packing, avoids pressing, and mixed powder piling height is controlled as 1mm;
3) corundum crucible that installs mixed powder is put into vacuum sintering furnace, will after vacuum sintering stove evacuation, pass into argon gas, and when room temperature is warming up to 1200 ℃, vacuumize under argon shield, then continue to be warming up to 1300 ℃, and react 90min at 1300 ℃;
4) product is put into retort furnace, at 400 ℃, calcine and remove residual carbon in 2 hours, naturally cool to room temperature, obtain high-specific surface area SiC Nano microsphere.
The SiC Nano microsphere diameter of the present embodiment gained is in 200nm left and right, and specific surface area is about 60m
2/ g.
Embodiment 2
Step 1: carbosphere is mixed according to mass ratio 1:1 with silicon dioxide microsphere under mechanical stirring, obtain mixed powder; Wherein, carbosphere particle diameter is 200~400nm, and the particle diameter of SiO2 microballoon is 100~200nm.
Step 2: mixed powder is placed in corundum crucible, and keeps mixed powder natural packing, avoid pressing, mixed powder piling height is controlled as 10mm;
Step 3: the corundum crucible that installs mixed powder is put into vacuum sintering furnace, to after vacuum sintering stove evacuation, pass into argon gas, and when being warming up to 1200 ℃, room temperature vacuumizes under argon shield, then continue to be warming up to 1500 ℃, and react 30min at 1500 ℃, then be naturally cooled to room temperature, obtain product;
4) product is put into retort furnace, at 600 ℃, calcine and remove residual carbon in 1 hour, naturally cool to room temperature, obtain high-specific surface area SiC Nano microsphere.
The SiC Nano microsphere diameter of the present embodiment gained is in 500nm left and right, and specific surface area is about 25m
2/ g.
Embodiment 3
Step 1: carbosphere is mixed according to mass ratio 1.5:1 with silicon dioxide microsphere under mechanical stirring, obtain mixed powder, wherein carbosphere particle diameter is 200~400nm, SiO
2the particle diameter of microballoon is 100~200nm.
Step 2: mixed powder is placed in corundum crucible, and keeps mixed powder natural packing, avoid pressing, mixed powder piling height is controlled as 5mm;
Step 3: the corundum crucible that installs mixed powder is put into vacuum sintering furnace, to after vacuum sintering stove evacuation, pass into argon gas, and when being warming up to 1200 ℃, room temperature vacuumizes under argon shield, then continue to be warming up to 1400 ℃, and react 90min at 1400 ℃, then be naturally cooled to room temperature, obtain product;
Step 4: product is put into retort furnace, calcine at 500 ℃ and remove residual carbon in 1 hour, naturally cool to room temperature, obtain high-specific surface area SiC Nano microsphere.
The SiC Nano microsphere diameter of the present embodiment gained is in 300nm left and right, and specific surface area is about 40m
2/ g.
Embodiment 4
Step 1: carbosphere is mixed according to mass ratio 1.2:1 with silicon dioxide microsphere under mechanical stirring, obtain mixed powder, wherein carbosphere particle diameter is 200~400nm, SiO
2the particle diameter particle diameter of microballoon is 100~200nm.
Step 2: mixed powder is placed in corundum crucible, and keeps mixed powder natural packing, avoid pressing, mixed powder piling height is controlled as 3mm;
Step 3: the corundum crucible that installs mixed powder is put into vacuum sintering furnace, to after vacuum sintering stove evacuation, pass into argon gas, and when being warming up to 1200 ℃, room temperature vacuumizes under argon shield, then continue to be warming up to 1350 ℃, and react 50min at 1350 ℃, then be naturally cooled to room temperature, obtain product;
Step 4: product is put into retort furnace, calcine at 450 ℃ and remove residual carbon in 1 hour, naturally cool to room temperature, obtain high-specific surface area SiC Nano microsphere.
Embodiment 5
Step 1: carbosphere is mixed in mechanical stirring according to mass ratio 1.7:1 with silicon dioxide microsphere, obtain mixed powder, wherein carbosphere particle diameter is 200~400nm, SiO
2the particle diameter of microballoon is 100~200n.
Step 2: mixed powder is placed in corundum crucible, and keeps mixed powder natural packing, avoid pressing, mixed powder piling height is controlled as 8mm;
Step 3: the corundum crucible that installs mixed powder is put into vacuum sintering furnace, to after vacuum sintering stove evacuation, pass into argon gas, and when being warming up to 1200 ℃, room temperature vacuumizes under argon shield, then continue to be warming up to 1450 ℃, and react 70min at 1500 ℃, then be naturally cooled to room temperature, obtain product;
Step 4: product is put into retort furnace, calcine at 550 ℃ and remove residual carbon in 1.7 hours, naturally cool to room temperature, obtain high-specific surface area SiC Nano microsphere.
Refer to shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the SEM pattern of the SiC Nano microsphere prepared of the present invention.As seen from Figure 1: the surface irregularity of SiC Nano microsphere prepared by the present invention, the small-particle by many diameters at 10~20nm forms, for the high-specific surface area of SiC Nano microsphere provides favourable condition.
The present invention is simple to operate, and favorable repeatability is conducive to suitability for industrialized production.The SiC Nano microsphere epigranular that the present invention obtains, purity is high, and diameter is controlled between 200~500nm, and specific surface area can reach 25~60m
2/ g.