Durability of self-cleaning TiO2 coatings on fired clay brick façades: Effects of UV exposure and wet & dry cycles

Building and Environment

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-203

  Graziani, Lorenzo ^a   Quagliarini, Enrico ^a   Bondioli, Federica ^b   D'Orazio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Fired clay brick; Self cleaning fa ades; TiO2; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FIRED CLAY BRICKS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SUBSTRATE MORPHOLOGIES; TIO;

BRICK; CLEANING; COATINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTACT ANGLE; DURABILITY; EFFICIENCY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; WETTING;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYSIS; COATING; DEPOSITION; DURABILITY; SUBSTRATE; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN AREA; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84886526992     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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