The viability of photocatalysis for air purification

Molecules

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1319-1356

  Hay, Stephen O ^a   Obee, Timothy ^a   Luo, Zhu ^b   Jiang, Ting ^b   Meng, Yongtao ^b   He, Junkai ^b   Murphy, Steven C ^b   Suib, Steven ^b  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Air purification; Byproducts; Catalyst deactivation; Catalyst lifetime; Coadsorption; Indoor air; Photocatalysis; Photoreactor; Prototype modeling

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR FILTER; CATALYSIS; KINETICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR FILTERS; CATALYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84921653039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules20011319     Document Type: Review

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