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Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Abstract

Mayenite (Ca12Al14O33) has remarkable properties such as high oxygen mobility, ionic conductivity, and catalytic activity. It has many different applications, including oxide-conducting electrolytes, fluorescent lamps, moisture sensors, hydrogen-permeable membranes, oxygen pumps, hydrogen storage, and catalysis. However, pure and homogeneous mayenite synthesis parameters have not yet been fully explored. This study examines the effect of synthesis parameters including metal salt (MS) to citric acid (CA) molar ratios (1:1 and 1:2), pH (0.4–2), and calcination temperature (900–1200 °C) in citrate sol-gel method on the crystal structure of mayenite. Synthesized materials were examined by thermogravimetric (TG), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectroscopy, N2 adsorption-desorption, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and pyridine adsorbed diffuse reflectance Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy (DRIFTS) analyses. The results show that all 3 parameters contribute to the mayenite phase formation and different impurity phases can be observed depending on the synthesis parameters. With no pH adjustment and an MS to CA ratio of 1, other phases of calcium aluminate mostly form. Mayenite becomes the main phase by doubling the CA amount. Besides CA, pH is also an important factor in mayenite synthesis. When the pH was adjusted to 2 with the MS to CA ratio at 1:1, mayenite was formed as the main phase, but other phases of calcium aluminate were also observed in the structure. XRD results show that all parameters studied influence the crystal structure of the final material, including the calcination temperature. This study shows that pure mayenite can be synthesized with a calcination temperature of 1200 °C, at a pH of 2, and the MS to CA molar ratio of 1:2.

Author ORCID Identifier

BÜŞRA ERYILDIRIM: 0000-0002-8120-9062

NURAY OKTAR: 0000-0001-8980-7457

DORUK DOĞU: 0000-0002-3582-7564

DOI

10.55730/1300-0527.3746

Keywords

Mayenite, sol-gel, calcination temperature, pH, metal salt to citric acid ratio

First Page

479

Last Page

494

Publisher

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)

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