Enhanced photocatalytic decomposition of gaseous ozone in cold storage environments using a TiO2/ACF film

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-34

  Ye, Sheng Ying ^a   Li, Ming Bo ^a   Song, Xian Liang ^a   Luo, Shu Can ^a   Fang, Yi Chao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Degradation; O3; Photocatalysis; TiO2 ACF

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON FELT; AG NANOPARTICLE; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; DOPED-TIO; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRST-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; GASEOUS OZONE; MOLAR RATIO; O3; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SUPPORTED TIO; TIO; TOTAL DOSE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COLD STORAGE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FILM PREPARATION; NANOPARTICLES; OZONE; PETROLEUM TAR; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; REFRIGERATORS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER;

EID: 79651469688     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.11.102     Document Type: Article

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