Heterogeneous photocatalytic removal of toluene from air on building materials enriched with TiO2

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 406-414

  Demeestere, Kristof ^a   Dewulf, Jo ^a   De Witte, Bavo ^a   Beeldens, Anne ^b   Van Langenhove, Herman ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Road Research Centre   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air; Building materials; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide; Toluene; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REMOVAL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GAS RESIDENCE TIME; TOLUENE REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REMOVAL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR; CATALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; OXIDATION; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 36549011672     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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