Heterogeneous photocatalysis on construction materials: Effect of catalyst properties on the efficiency for degrading NOx and self cleaning

Materiales de Construccion

Volumn 64, Issue 314, 2014, Pages

  Bengtsson, N ^a   Castellote, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Construction materials; Crystalline and microstructure properties; NOx removal; Optical; Rhodamine B; Self cleaning; Tobacco extract

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOBACCO;

MICROSTRUCTURE PROPERTIES; NOX REMOVAL; OPTICAL; RHODAMINE B; SELF CLEANING; TIO; TOBACCO EXTRACTS;

CLEANING;

EID: 84902480329     PISSN: 04652746     EISSN: 19883226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/mc.2014.06713     Document Type: Article

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