Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-CMK-1 Nanocomposite

Since mesoporous materials of M41S family were first reported by Mobile researchers increasing interest has been focused on their properties and uses [1-4] .Recently, Ryoo et al. prepared ordered mesoporous carbons (CMK-x) from mesoporous silica templates Such as MCM-48, SBA-1 and SBA-15 using sucrose as the carbon source [5]. Due to the pore structure, physical and chemical properties marginally discussed above, the mesoporous carbon CMK-1 might be of significance as a matrix for catalytic active species as Mn, Fe, Cu or Co as known from silicate mesoporous materials. Other fields of interests might be the investigation of the magnetic behavior of metals, metal oxides and magnetic diluted semiconductors in the mesoporous of ordered mesoporous carbon materials. In the present work, iron oxide mesoporous carbon (Fe-CMK-1) was prepared by a wet impregnation, drying and calcination procedure iron oxide was formed almost exclusively within the mesoporous