Feasibility of silver doped TiO2/glass fiber photocatalyst under visible irradiation as an indoor air germicide

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 3271-3288

  Pham, Thanh Dong ^a   Lee, Byeong Kyu ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Germicide feasibility; Plasmon resonance; Silver doping; Staph

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; GLASS; TITANIUM;

CATALYST; DISINFECTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INDOOR AIR; IRRADIATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOLYSIS;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CATALYST; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISINFECTION; ELECTRON; HUMIDITY; IRRADIATION; KOREA; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CATALYSIS; DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIGHT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CATALYSIS; DISINFECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GLASS; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SILVER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TITANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84897881300     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110303271     Document Type: Article

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