Environmental pollution has an evidently adverse impact on the buildings that are constructed by the glass fiber reinforced cement (GRC) materials. In the present work, the stable, neutral TiO2/SiO2 hydrosols were prepared by using the Ti(SO4) 2 as titanium source, HNO3 as peptizing agent, and SiO2 as stabilizer through a simple and low cost process. The morphologies and structures of TiO2/SiO2 hydrosol were further characterized by the TEM, SEM, XRD, and FTIR measurement. In the synthetic hydrosol, lots of nanoparticles with the diameters in the range of 10-20 nm can be observed. Ti-O-Si band were formed, as observed from the FTIR spectrum. The (Na2OSiO2)-Si-. was detected from the SEM. After drying the TiO2/SiO2 hydrosol, the XRD shown that the TiO2 has an anatase structure and the SiO2 is amorphous. The TiO2/SiO2 hydrosol can be compactly coated on the GRC surface due to the existence of (Na2OSiO2)-Si-. binder and exhibited high photocatalytic activity and stability in the degradation of Rhodamine B. (C) 2014 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.