Photocatalytic degradation of organic paint constituents-formation of carbonyls

Building and Environment

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-112

  Geiss, Otmar ^a   Cacho, Carmen ^a   Barrero Moreno, Josefa ^a   Kotzias, Dimitrios ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

By products; Carbonyls; Formaldehyde; Paint; Photocatalysis; TiO2

Indexed keywords

AIR PURIFYING; CARBONYL FORMATION; CARBONYLS; CONFINED SPACE; DOPED-TIO; HEPTANAL; HEXANAL; HUMAN HEALTH; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MATRIX; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; POTENTIAL RISKS; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; PROPANAL; RADICAL CHAIN REACTIONS; SINGLE COMPOUND; SOLAR LIGHT; TIO; USER FRIENDLY; VISIBLE LIGHT; WELL BEING;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBONYLATION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DEGRADATION; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISKS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDES; PAINT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBONYL COMPOUNDS;

ACETALDEHYDE; CARBONYL COMPOUND; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYMER; TITANIUM;

EID: 80053173134     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.08.021     Document Type: Article

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