Table 1.
The values of textural parameters describing the porous structure of the samples.
| Sample | The Particle Size of Ag Nanoparticles from XRD Data L (Å) | Crystallinity (%) |
Surface Area (SBET)1 (m2/g) |
Pore Volume2 (cm3/g) |
Pore Size Distribution3 (nm) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diffraction Peaks (hkl) | ||||||||
| 111 | 002 | 022 | 311 | |||||
| Ag/CS/SiO2_007 | 266 | 161 | 195 | 197 | 46.9 | 8.5 | 0.018 | 2.8, 4.5, 7.8 |
| Ag/CS/SiO2_002 | 281 | 175 | 178 | 175 | 54.6 | 8.1 | 0.018 | 3.0, 4.6, 8.0 |
| Ag/CS/SBA-15 | 252 | 163 | 165 | 165 | 84.2 | 7.8 | 0.017 | 3.0, 4.6, 8.1 |
1 BET surface area, calculated using experimental points at relative pressures of (P/P0) 0.035–0.31, where P and P0 denote the equilibrium and saturation pressures of nitrogen, respectively; 2 Total pore volume calculated from the nitrogen volume adsorbed at P/P0 = 0.99; 3 Pore-size distribution curves were obtained from the adsorption branch using the Barrett–Joyner–Halenda (BJH) model with cylindrical pores.