TiO2 photocatalysis in cementitious systems: Insights into self-cleaning and depollution chemistry

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 539-548

  Folli, Andrea ^a   Pade, Claus ^b   Hansen, Tommy Bæk ^c   De Marco, Tiziana ^d   MacPhee, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DTI Byggeri Beton ^*  (Denmark)

^c Product Technology   (Denmark)

^d CTG Italcementi Group   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aesthetic durability; Depollution; Particle size; Self cleaning; TiO2 photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CEMENTITIOUS SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY; DEPOLLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MORTAR SPECIMENS; NANO-SIZED; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; RHODAMINE B; SELF-CLEANING; TIO; TITANIA;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CEMENTS; CLEANING; DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84858069832     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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