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The photocatalytic reaction was performed using commercial TiO2 (P25) and a photocatalytic aerogel, based on P25 embedded in syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) aerogel (sPS\/P25 aerogel) as photocatalysts. Different alcohols were used as hydrogen sources during the photocatalytic experiments. At the optimized operating conditions (photocatalysts dosage: 0.5 mg\/L and 50% (v\/v) EtOH%), an AN yield of over 99% was achieved. 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