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Effect of the titanium glycerolate precursor heat treatment procedure on the morphology and photocatalytic properties of TiO2 nanopowder

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We have studied the effect of titanium glycerolate precursor heat treatment on the morphology, structure, and photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide nanopowders.

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  1. Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pervomaiskaya ul. 91, Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russia

    G. S. Zakharova

  2. Postovskii Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. S. Kovalevskoi/Akademicheskaya 22/20, Yekaterinburg, 620990, Russia

    E. I. Andreikov, V. A. Osipova, Yu. G. Yatluk & I. S. Puzyrev

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Original Russian Text © G.S. Zakharova, E.I. Andreikov, V.A. Osipova, Yu.G. Yatluk, I.S. Puzyrev, 2013, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2013, Vol. 49, No. 11, pp. 1216–1221.

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Zakharova, G.S., Andreikov, E.I., Osipova, V.A. et al. Effect of the titanium glycerolate precursor heat treatment procedure on the morphology and photocatalytic properties of TiO2 nanopowder. Inorg Mater 49, 1127–1132 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168513100154

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