Micro-TiO2 as a starting material for new photocatalytic tiles

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-120

  Bianchi, C L ^a,b   Gatto, S ^a   Pirola, C ^a,b   Scavini, M ^a   Vitali, S ^a   Capucci, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia Dei Materiali ^*  (Italy)

^c GranitiFiandre SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methylene blue; Micrometric TiO2; NO x; Photocatalytic tiles; Vitrified material

Indexed keywords

GASPHASE; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; STANDARD REQUIREMENTS; TIO;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTODEGRADATION; WATER POLLUTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84873404820     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2012.08.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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