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First rare-earth phosphate aerogel: sol–gel synthesis of monolithic ceric hydrogen phosphate aerogel

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Since the late 1960s, ceric hydrogen phosphates have attracted the attention of scientists due to remarkable ion exchange, sorption, proton-conduction and catalytic properties. In this work, through the application of various solvents, we, for the first time, have obtained monolithic aerogels based on ceric hydrogen phosphates with high porosity (~99%) and extremely low density (~10 μg/cm3). The composition and structure of aerogels were thoroughly studied with XRD, TEM, SEM, XPS, low temperature nitrogen adsorption methods, TGA/DSC, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). The aerogels were found to belong to the fibrous macroporous aerogels family.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr. O.V. Boytsova and Dr. N.P. Simonenko for their kind assistance. The effect of the supercritical fluid on the aerogels’ structure and composition was conducted with the support of the Russian Science Foundation (14-13-01150). This research was performed using the equipment of the JRC PMR IGIC RAS.

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  1. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    K. E. Yorov, T. О. Shekunova & А. Е. Baranchikov

  2. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    T. О. Shekunova, А. Е. Baranchikov, L. S. Skogareva & V. K. Ivanov

  3. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, St.Petersburg, Russia

    G. P. Kopitsa

  4. Grebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg, Russia

    G. P. Kopitsa

  5. Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    L. Almásy

  6. National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

    V. V. Kozik

  7. Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia

    А. N. Malkova & S. А. Lermontov

  8. Lomonosov Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies, Moscow, Russia

    V. K. Ivanov

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Yorov, K.E., Shekunova, T.О., Baranchikov, А.Е. et al. First rare-earth phosphate aerogel: sol–gel synthesis of monolithic ceric hydrogen phosphate aerogel. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 85, 574–584 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-018-4584-3

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