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Solvothermal synthesis of photocatalytically active titania in acetic acid

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A new solvothermal method has been developed for preparing nanocrystalline titania powders by reacting titanium isopropoxide with acetic acid. The photocatalytic activity of a sample prepared at 250°C is shown to far exceed the activity of a commercially available sample.

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  1. Grebenshchikov Institute of Silica Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Odoevskogo 24/2, St. Petersburg, 199155, Russia

    A. V. Zdravkov & Yu. S. Kudryashova

  2. St. Petersburg State Technological University of Plant Polymers, ul. Ivana Chernykh 4, St. Petersburg, 198095, Russia

    G. F. Pruglo & N. N. Khimich

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Zdravkov, Yu.S. Kudryashova, G.F. Pruglo, N.N. Khimich, 2014, published in Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 2014, Vol. 59, No. 8, pp. 1003–1007.

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Zdravkov, A.V., Kudryashova, Y.S., Pruglo, G.F. et al. Solvothermal synthesis of photocatalytically active titania in acetic acid. Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. 59, 783–787 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003602361408021X

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