Photodegradation kinetics of toluene in indoor air at different humidities using UVA, UVC and UVLED light sources in the presence of silver titanium dioxide

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 503-512

  Shie, Je Lueng ^a   Pai, Cheng Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ag TiO2; Langmuir Hinshelwood model; Toluene; UVLED

Indexed keywords

SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVER TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HUMIDITY; ILLUMINATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KINETICS; LANGMUIR HINSHELWOOD MODEL; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MOISTURE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 78751486976     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X10378799     Document Type: Article

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