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Solid waste fly ash has a great impact on the environment and pollutes water, air and soil to different degrees. Therefore, it is of great significance to realize the high-value utilization of fly ash. In this paper, high purity SiO2 was successfully extracted from fly ash by high temperature calcination, alkali fusion activation and pickling. Then silicalite-1 zeolite molecular sieves with different morphologies were synthesized using SiO2 extracted from solid fly ash as silicon source. The influencing factors such as crystallization time, crystallization temperature, NaOH dosage, TPAOH dosage and different hydrosilica ratios were investigated separately. The results show that under the conditions of crystallization time of 12 h, crystallization temperature of 180 ℃ and molar ratio of water–silicon of 42, the prepared P-S (plate-like silicalite-1) has good morphology, high relative crystallinity and adsorption capacity of CO2 of 1.89 mmol/g.When the molar ratio of TPA+/ SiO2 was 0.28, the relative crystallinity of the prepared S–S (spherical-like silicalite-1) reached the highest and the adsorption capacity of CO2 was 1.34 mmol/g.When the molar ratio of NaOH / SiO2 was 0.11, C-S (cross-type Na-silicalite-1) can be prepared, and the adsorption capacity of CO2 is only 1.06 mmol/g. The CO2 adsorption capacities follow P-S > S–S > C-S. The research results can not only pave the way for high-value utilization of fly ash, but alao provide a valuable reference for zeolite-based adsorbents in the adsorption removal or recovery of CO2.
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The journal Silicon is intended to serve all those involved in studying the role of silicon as an enabling element in materials science. There are no restrictions on disciplinary boundaries provided the focus is on silicon-based materials or adds significantly to the understanding of such materials. Accordingly, such contributions are welcome in the areas of inorganic and organic chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, nanoscience, environmental science, electronics and optoelectronics, and modeling and theory. Relevant silicon-based materials include, but are not limited to, semiconductors, polymers, composites, ceramics, glasses, coatings, resins, composites, small molecules, and thin films.