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Dear friends and colleagues,
My team and I have been conducting research on the potential to perform a reaction involving SiO₂ and Hydrogen Fluoride to create H₂O and SIF₄. Specifically we are interested in the H₂O so we could then extract the oxygen via electrolysis and then react the hydrogen with SiF₄ to get our Hydrogen Fluoride back along with silicon. Now that the Hydrogen Fluoride is present at the end of the reaction, we can redo the reaction all over again with a new batch of SIO₂. The reactions are written out below.
4HF + SiO₂     2H₂O + SiF₄
2H2O     2H2 + O2
SiF₄ + 2H₂     4HF + Si
However this reaction seems to have the issue where SiF₄ quickly hydrolyzes before the Electrolysis can begin, to form H₂SiF₆. Thus the desired chain of reactions can not commence. Are you aware of any ways to mitigate this problem or are able to point me towards relevant literature on this matter? If I am misunderstanding the reaction dynamics please correct me. All feedback/help would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Georgiy Aleksanyan

Original Post Can Be Found Here: https://www.researchgate.net/post/SiO2_HF_Reaction_Dynamics_Products_and_Intermediates