Facile preparation of photocatalytic exposed aggregate concrete with highly efficient and stable catalytic performance

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 264, Issue , 2015, Pages 577-586

  Wang, Fazhou ^a   Yang, Lu ^a,b   Wang, Hao ^a,b   Yu, Huogen ^b  

^a Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Expanded shale; Long term photocatalytic performance; Photocatalytic effect; Photocatalytic exposed aggregate concrete; TiO2

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETES; SHALE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AGGREGATE CONCRETE; EXPANDED SHALES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFECT; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; TIO;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84917678797     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.11.129     Document Type: Article

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