Titanium dioxide coated cementitious materials for air purifying purposes: Preparation, characterization and toluene removal potential

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 832-838

  Ramirez, Anibal Maury ^a   Demeestere, Kristof ^b   De Belie, Nele ^a   Mäntylä, Tapio ^c   Levänen, Erkki ^c  

^a Faculty of Sciences   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air purification; Cementitious materials; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide; Toluene; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR PURIFYING; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CENTRE LINE; COATED SAMPLE; CONCRETE SAMPLES; DIP COATING; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; HIGH POROSITY; LASER PROFILOMETRY; MEAN DEVIATION; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEM-EDAX; SOL-GEL METHODS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TIO; TITANIUM CONTENT; VACUUM SATURATION; WEATHERING RESISTANCE;

ABRASIVE COATINGS; AIR CLEANERS; BUILDING MATERIALS; COATED MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; GELS; MERCURY (METAL); METAL REFINING; OXIDES; PURIFICATION; REMOVAL; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POROSITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 71649091698     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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