The invention relates to a method for preparing cellular
silicon dioxide nanotubes, in particular to a method for preparing a series of cellular
silicon dioxide nanotubes which have different lengths and thicknesses, and belongs to the technical field of nano materials. The cellular
silicon dioxide
nanotube is synthesized by taking a
quaternary ammonium salt cation surfactant with different
carbon chain lengths as a main template agent, and a triblock
copolymer as a co-template agent under the alkaline condition in a
sol-
gel method. The cellular
silicon dioxide nanotubes are characterized in that the appearance is regular, and the lengths are adjustable within the range of 0.5 and 5 micrometers and the thicknesses are adjustable in the range of 60 and 400 micrometers. By the method, the
porous silicon dioxide nanotubes can be synthesized easily, conveniently and effectively, raw materials are readily available, and the method is suitable for enlargement production. The cellular
silicon dioxide nanotubes have
high potential application value in fields of
catalysis, adsorption, separation, nano reactors, semiconductors, photoelectronic devices, sensors,
medicine release and the like.