Self-cleaning glass prepared from a commercial TiO2 nano-dispersion and its photocatalytic performance under common anthropogenic and atmospheric factors

Building and Environment

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-14

  Cedillo González, Erika Iveth ^a   Riccò, Raffaele ^b   Montorsi, Monia ^a   Montorsi, Mauro ^c   Falcaro, Paolo ^b   Siligardi, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Castelfranco Emilia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domestic weathering; Humidity; Self cleaning glass; Sodium residues; Temperature; TiO2 nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; DISPERSION OF NANO PARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC COATING; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SELF CLEANING GLASS; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; TIO;

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CLEANING; FILM PREPARATION; GLASS; NANOPARTICLES; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WEATHERING;

DISPERSIONS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BUILDING; CATALYST; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COMMERCIALIZATION; GLASS; HUMIDITY; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84885335408     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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