Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 74(51), p. 14018-14021
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc05328e
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A new type of acidic macrocellular and mesoporous silica–alumina foam is obtained via a one pot alkaline sol–gel route coupled with a concentrated emulsion-based templating technique. The mixed oxide monolith exhibits high surface acidity, translating into excellent performance in the acid-catalyzed dehydration of bioethanol to ethene.