Table 2.

Exemplary data of titania aerogels with representative photocatalytic activity.

Sample	Synthesis Method	BET * /m2 g−1	Photocatalytic Activity Tests			Ref.
			Irradiation	System	Effect *
TiO2	acid-catalyzed sol-gel	691	UV	d. salicylic acid	~60%, 450 min	[58]
TiO2	sol-gel with freeze-drying	16	simulated solar light	d. MB d. caffeine d. E. coli d. E. faecalis	K: 0.265 min−1 K: 0.054 min−1 inactivation inactivation	[72]
TiO2	self-assembly	302	vis	d. RhB	~100%, 30 min	[67]
TiO2-WOx-Au nanowires	self-assembly	473	UV	d. MB	60%, 120 min	[73]

d.—degradation, RhB—Rhodamine B, MB—Methylene Blue, E. coli—Escherichia coli, E. faecalis—Enterococcus faecalis, K—reaction rate constant, * rounded to the nearest integer (when possible).