Photocatalytic roads: From lab tests to real scale applications

European Transport Research Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-89

  Boonen, Elia ^a   Beeldens, Anne ^a  

^a Belgian Road Research Centre   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air (de ) pollution; Concrete roads; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; Nitrogen oxides; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR CONTAMINANTS; CONCRETE ROADS; DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EUROPEAN LEVELS; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; METHODS: LABORATORY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES;

AIR PURIFICATION; CONCRETES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; RESEARCH; TESTING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY;

EID: 84878616489     PISSN: 18670717     EISSN: 18668887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12544-012-0085-6     Document Type: Article

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