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

作者:Wei, Wei; Xie, Jimin*; Wu, Yinyin; Zhu, Jianjun; Lu, Xiaomeng; Yan, Zaoxue
来源:Journal of Materials Research, 2013, 28(3): 378-384.
DOI:10.1557/jmr.2012.272

摘要

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 nano-particles with rutile crystalline structure were uniformly distributed. The UV-resistant hydrophobic samples having high surface area were used as photocatalysts for dye degradation reaction.