A Template Carbonization Strategy to Synthesize Ordered Mesoporous Silica Microspheres with Trapped Sulfonated Carbon Nanoparticles for Efficient Catalysis

Abstract

A facile template carbonization strategy has been used for the synthesis of ordered mesoporous silica microspheres with sulfonated carbon nanoparticles trapped inside by combining solvent-evaporation-induced aggregating assembly, in situ carbonization, and sulfonation treatments. The obtained SO3H-bearing microspheres show an excellent catalytic performance in the condensation reaction of benzaldehyde with ethylene glycol. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.