Sucrose-Template Synthesis of Mesoporous Alumina from Aqueous Systems

Abstract

Mesoporous alumina was prepared by using sucrose as a structure-directing template in an aqueous system. The resultant samples were characterized by using different methods such as x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, nitrogen adsorption-desorption analysis, and thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses. The results showed that the prepared mesoporous gamma alumina has high surface area, uniform pore size distribution and excellent thermal stability.