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UV-resistant hydrophobic rutile titania aerogels synthesized through a nonalkoxide ambient pressure drying process

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The hydrophobic rutile titania aerogels were successfully prepared by nonalkoxide ambient pressure drying through a modification process. The resulted materials were characterized by x-ray diffraction, scanning electronic microscope, transmission electron microscope, contact angle analyzer, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller specific surface area, and ultraviolet (UV)–visible diffuse reflection spectrum. The experimental results demonstrated that the as-prepared samples nanoparticles with rutile crystalline structure were uniformly distributed. The UV-resistant hydrophobic samples having high surface area were used as photocatalysts for dye degradation reaction.

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This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21003065), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK2010166), Industry High Technology Foundation of Jiangsu (BE2010144), Scientific Innovation Research of College Graduate in Jiangsu Province (CXZZ12 0682), and Research Foundation for Talented Scholars of Jiangsu University (10JDG133).

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    Wei Wei, Jimin Xie, Yinyin Wu, Jianjun Zhu, Xiaomeng Lü & Zaoxue Yan

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Wei, W., Xie, J., Wu, Y. et al. UV-resistant hydrophobic rutile titania aerogels synthesized through a nonalkoxide ambient pressure drying process. Journal of Materials Research 28, 378–384 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2012.272

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