Development and evaluation of the efficiency of photocatalytic pavement blocks in the laboratory and after one year in the field

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 310-319

  De Melo, João Victor Staub ^a   Trichês, Glicério ^a   Gleize, Philippe Jean Paul ^a   Villena, Joe ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Nitrogen oxides; Photocatalytic pavement blocks; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONVERSION RATES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LARGE CITIES; NITRATE IONS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC SURFACES; PHOTOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; POROUS SURFACE; RESEARCH STUDIES; RUTILE AND ANATASE; TIO;

AIR QUALITY; EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDE MINERALS; PAVEMENTS; POLLUTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84865624532     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.07.073     Document Type: Review

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