Photocatalytic air cleaners and materials technologies - Abilities and limitations

Building and Environment

Volumn 91, Issue , 2015, Pages 191-203

  Zhong, Lexuan ^a   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air cleaners; Air quality; Building materials; Photocatalytic oxidation (PCO); Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; AIR QUALITY; BATCH REACTORS; BUILDING MATERIALS; FOG; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS TESTING; PURIFICATION; SURFACE REACTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TESTING;

APPLICATION PROSPECT; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PURIFICATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS;

AIR PURIFICATION;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CATALYSIS; INDOOR AIR; MODELING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84930177781     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.01.033     Document Type: Article

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