Affiliations: [a] Department of Science, College of Basic Education, the Public Authority of Applied Education and Training (PAAET) Kuwait, Safat, Kuwait
| [b] Department of Laboratories – Applied Chemistry, College of Technological Studies, (PAAET) Kuwait
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Corresponding author: Tariq Aqeel, Assistant professor of Inorganic chemistry, Science Department, College of Basic Education, the Public Authority of Applied Education and Training (PAAET) Kuwait. P.O Box 23167, zip code Safat 13092, Kuwait. Tel.: +965 22212666/Ext. 6269; Emails: [email protected]; [email protected]; orcid.org/0000-0002-6025-8340.
Abstract: In the quest of preparing mesoporous zinc oxide via true liquid crystal templating (TLCT) a novel one-step synthesis was discovered to form a mesoporous zinc oxide/silica matrix using a modified (TLCT) method. 6% wt/wt of ZnO/SiO2 mesoporous structure was successfully synthesized and shown to have the highest BET surface area of 530 m2g–1 reported and pore diameter range of 22–36Å. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 sorption analysis, Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX/EDS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS) and Ultraviolet/Visible spectroscopy (UV/VIS) were used to investigate the structural morphology and composition.
