Organic templates P-123 of mesoporous SBA-15 can be effectively removed in a few minutes （4 min） by using the dielectric-barrier discharge （DBD） plasma technique at ambient pressure and low gas temperature （around 130℃）. The mesoporous SBA-15 was characterized by FT-IR, 29Si solid sate NMR, TEM, XRD, TGA and N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms. The as-made SBA-15 treated with DBD plasma exhibited a larger surface area of 790 m2 · g-1 with larger pores and microspore volume than samples prepared by using the conventional thermal calcination method （550 ℃ and 5 h, 660 m2 · g-1）. In addition to less shrinkage of the silica framework, the DBD-prepared SBA-15 showed significantly increased weight loss of 8.3% about 200℃ as compared with that of conventional calcination （5.5%）, which is attributed mainly to the dehydroxylation by condensation of silanol groups.
Lin WANGJunkang YAOZheng WANGHongqiao JIAOJing QIXiaoiing YONGDianhua LIU
