Efficiency evaluation of different TiO 2 coatings on the photocatalytic inactivation of airborne bacterial spores

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 42, 2012, Pages 13599-13608

  Zacarías, Silvia M ^a   Satuf, María L ^a   Vaccari, María C ^a   Alfano, Orlando M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; BACTERIAL SPORE; CATALYTIC FILMS; DEGUSSA; EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTONIC EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; TIO; UVA RADIATION;

BOROSILICATE GLASS; COATINGS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOL-GELS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84867836479     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3009956     Document Type: Article

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