Chemical modification(CM)and deposition-precipitation(DP)methods were used for the dispersion of active Au nanoparticles on mesoporous silica materials in this work.XRD,TEM,N2 adsorption isotherms and UV-Vis absorption spectra were used to characterize in detail Au-SBA-15 materials prepared by the two methods. The analysis results showed that high loading(1.7%,by mass)and uniform Au nanoparticles(approximately 3 nm) were dispersed in the channels of mesoporous SBA-15 by the CM method.While for the DP method,most of Au nanoparticles with the size of 10—15nm were aggregated outside of the channels of SBA-15 and the actual loading of Au was only 0.38%(by mass).
